Airline takes away "small children board first" privilege United Airlines will no longer allow "small children" early boarding privileges....unless they are flying first class. QuoteFamilies with small children who aren't flying first or business class will no longer be able to board early on United Airlines. Instead, they'll have to board with their ticketed boarding groups. A United spokesperson says the airline adopted the policy last month "to simplify the boarding process and to reduce the overall number of boarding groups." Most airlines, including Jetblue, Delta Air Lines, and Virgin America, let families with small children board early. The company's website does not include information about the new policy.http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,209931#msg-209931Thu, 23 May 2013 08:37:50 -0400 Phorum 5.2.9a http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210444#msg-210444 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210444#msg-210444 catharsist The Living RoomSat, 26 May 2012 11:11:10 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210135#msg-210135 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210135#msg-210135 navi8orgirl The Living RoomThu, 24 May 2012 08:12:13 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210116#msg-210116 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210116#msg-210116 Snark Shark The Living RoomThu, 24 May 2012 06:28:53 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210092#msg-210092 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210092#msg-210092
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http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/138006/parents_deserve_special_treatment_on

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This made me stabby!

The only place I 'troll' is on cafemom. Because most of those Entitlevags deserve a smack down. I doubt they actually return to read responses after they post their tripe, but you can never tell. I posted this:

No I don't think it's awful. Airlines can do what they want to make profit. Yes, you are whining and it is about a sense of entitlement. The reason people "hate" childed families is because of this particular type of entitlement. No you don't have to fly. Alternatively, you can pay for first class seating. In the mind of people like you, it's only the responsibility of "the village" to make accomodations for you when you think it's warranted and vote themselves tax raises to benefit "the children". Heaven forbid said village scold your child for misbehaving. Then you'll go all Grizzly Mom, another phenomenon of which the public has grown sick and weary.]]> rudegubmintworker The Living RoomWed, 23 May 2012 22:53:08 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210066#msg-210066 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210066#msg-210066
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jezebel_daisy
http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/138006/parents_deserve_special_treatment_on

This made me stabby!

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SowCow
....this will make it practically impossible for one parent to even consider flying alone with a child.

Happy Dance!!

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http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/138006/parents_deserve_special_treatment_on

This made me stabby!

First off, I fly a lot more than that moocunt. Too fucking bad if she bought cheap fucking seats and then has to board right at the end. Boarding first is a privilege mostly reserved for first class, high-level elite frequent flyer (like me!) and those with TRUE disabilities. Shooting a fleshloaf out of a twat does not a disability make. It only makes a stupid twunt who doesn't know how to properly use contraception.

Want to play the grizzliemoo with the gate agent? Guaran-fucking-teed you will not board until the plane is just ready to close the door and all of the shit you brought for your brat goes into the checked luggage. Want to pick a fight with that flight attendant who is already sick of your shit the minute he or she saw you? Go right fucking ahead...you will either be put off the plane or arrested as your ass leaves the jetway and you will never fly again.

Don't like the realities of flying? Take the fucking bus or train.]]> cfbitchfromla The Living RoomWed, 23 May 2012 21:05:03 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210057#msg-210057 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210057#msg-210057
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http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/138006/parents_deserve_special_treatment_on

This made me stabby!

Oh, my Gahd! What a fucking cuntnugget! :chainsawfuck]]> juniper jupiter The Living RoomWed, 23 May 2012 20:52:27 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210047#msg-210047 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210047#msg-210047
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I think that everyone with kids should board last and all have to sit in the front rows so they dont take up so much time and space getting to seats that are in back or middle of the plane.

Disagree. Then you are stuck waiting for them to get all their kindercrap together and blocking the aisle when it's time to get off the flying cattletruck. Board them all first, put them all down the very back of the plane in their own "special" section, complete with their own toilet and a soundproof dividing barrier. Then they can all rot in their sneauflaykes' screaming stench and fight over the luggage space down there leaving the rest of us in peace.]]> blundy The Living RoomWed, 23 May 2012 20:21:03 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210031#msg-210031 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210031#msg-210031
Anyway...yes, people with small kids shouldn't be boarding first, for the reasons chevygirl mentioned: the huge amounts of crap they drag on board with them, and those stupid strollers. I've also noticed that they get on board, get the kid(s) in their seat(s), and immediately the baby/toddler paraphernalia cloud begins to expand. Rapidly. Toys, Cheerios, portable dvd players, clothing, teething rings, you name it and it probably has impinged upon my seat space at some point or another.

If non-childed travelers are permitted on first, we won't arrive just to find a diaper bag occupying our seats ("Oh, I thought it wasn't occupied"), nor have to excavate our seats from beneath mounds of goldfish crackers.]]> randomcfchick The Living RoomWed, 23 May 2012 18:57:36 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210025#msg-210025 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210025#msg-210025
This made me stabby!]]> jezebel_daisy The Living RoomWed, 23 May 2012 18:26:29 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210021#msg-210021 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210021#msg-210021 starlady The Living RoomWed, 23 May 2012 18:17:41 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210009#msg-210009 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,210009#msg-210009 stillcrazy4cats The Living RoomWed, 23 May 2012 17:48:36 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,209988#msg-209988 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,209988#msg-209988
Many airlines have some kind of economy/coach product which gives more legroom for more money. The pay to choose in advance, as I suspected, are the cheapest discount carriers. Once again, you get what you pay for. If you want to pay 75 bucks to go to Disney World, quit bitching about paying to sit together.

As for the cattle call zones, don't know whose call that was. Southwest did it first and it stopped me from ever flying them.]]> navi8orgirl The Living RoomWed, 23 May 2012 16:52:06 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,209984#msg-209984 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,209984#msg-209984This is getting ridiculous

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It’s not just enough to buy your airplane ticket anymore: Increasingly, along with checking baggage, airlines want you to pay extra to ensure a seat next to your travel companions, including your spouse or child.

I haven't flown since the early 90s - 1994, to be precise. Back then, things were organized: you made reservations for yourself and x number of other people, being charged $$/ticket. You were then assigned seats. In most instances, spouses and children stayed together; if not, you sat in an adjacent row or one in front/back. You got on the plane, found your seat, there was no drama. If you were lucky, you got a seat you liked - aisle, window or bulkhead. If you didn't, oh well.

Who in the effity-eff came up with such a bollixed, disorganized affair? It's no wonder the airlines are in a mess.]]> Dorisan The Living RoomWed, 23 May 2012 16:41:23 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,209952#msg-209952 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,209952#msg-209952 myrna minkoff The Living RoomWed, 23 May 2012 15:11:07 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,209937#msg-209937 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,209937#msg-209937
Back to front was how it should have been kept. SW did that cattle call zone shit first.]]> navi8orgirl The Living RoomWed, 23 May 2012 14:15:16 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,209935#msg-209935 Re: Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,209935#msg-209935
Also, how many times have you gotten on and they are still fiddling around in the aisles and you can't get past? It's happened to me a lot.

I just don't understand why, with the exception of first class, they don't board from the rear forward. That way people will not be in the way of others.]]> cfchevygirl The Living RoomWed, 23 May 2012 14:12:15 -0400 http://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,209931#msg-209931 Airline takes away "small children board first" privilegehttp://www.refugees.bratfree.com/read.php?2,209931,209931#msg-209931
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Families with small children who aren't flying first or business class will no longer be able to board early on United Airlines.

Instead, they'll have to board with their ticketed boarding groups.

A United spokesperson says the airline adopted the policy last month "to simplify the boarding process and to reduce the overall number of boarding groups."

Most airlines, including Jetblue, Delta Air Lines, and Virgin America, let families with small children board early.

The company's website does not include information about the new policy.
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