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Airline takes away "small children board first" privilege
May 23, 2012
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United Airlines will no longer allow "small children" early boarding privileges....unless they are flying first class. Quote
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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From a bottle cap message on a Magic Hat #9 beer: Condoms Prevent Minivans ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle--keep away from children.
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May 23, 2012
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I agree with this. In fact I think they should be last to board. Why put them on first and let them take up all the overhead space with all their baggage that they somehow get away with not checking? 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.
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May 23, 2012
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Continental used to do that. Then United took over and they went to the zones. US Airways went to zones in the last couple of years, hated hated HATED this. Even though I was in one of the first zones, I had people crawling over me from the last zones. Back to front was how it should have been kept. SW did that cattle call zone shit first. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From a bottle cap message on a Magic Hat #9 beer: Condoms Prevent Minivans ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle--keep away from children.
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May 23, 2012
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yup...back to front is the only way that makes sense. and people with kids should board last,and should have to check their strollers.
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May 23, 2012
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This is getting ridiculousQuote
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.
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May 23, 2012
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If you buy from the airline you get to pick seats. Blame the cheapseats.com bullshit for that mess. People are all butthurt about not being able to pick seats but want to use the cheapest means possible. You do get what you pay for. 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From a bottle cap message on a Magic Hat #9 beer: Condoms Prevent Minivans ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle--keep away from children.
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May 23, 2012
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There is one disadvantage to this though. If all the little snots are boarded first, then you can cherry pick a seat away from them. But, under this system, you run the risk of sitting down first and then having Moo and screeching baybee plop a squat next to you. Sure, you have the right to move afterwards, but not everyone is okay with comfortable with getting the looks that accompany moving in this situation.
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May 23, 2012
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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.
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May 23, 2012
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http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/138006/parents_deserve_special_treatment_on This made me stabby!
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May 23, 2012
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When did they switch to NOT boarding back-to-front? Last summer when I flew, boarding was still back-to-front. Huh. 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.
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May 23, 2012
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starlady
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.
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May 23, 2012
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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! 
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May 23, 2012
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jezebel_daisy
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.
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May 23, 2012
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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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May 23, 2012
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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.
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May 24, 2012
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if brats were put in the luggage compartment, so many problems could be avoided! 
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May 24, 2012
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I vote cargo. CO/UA can add to their PetSafe and call it KidSafe. Kids will think it is like camping, adults get a quiet flight. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From a bottle cap message on a Magic Hat #9 beer: Condoms Prevent Minivans ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle--keep away from children.
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May 26, 2012
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SOME of the individuals on there were reasonable. Like michaelephant said, why get special treatment for doing something that everything else is biologically capable to do. And then almost everyone on the first page agreed with them. Sometimes I have faith in humanity, but mostly it's nausea. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The title of "good parent" doesnt come freely from me. If you choose to dabble in creating new life, then my opinions of your actions will be harsher and my praise will be harder to elicit. It's a tradeoff. If you are foolhardy and shortsighted enough to try your hand at playing God, you best be willing to live up to the expectations that come with such a station. Hopefully you'll find SOME relief in your contention, as I have yet to see a generation who has... Godspeed, Catharsist When I read this quote from FB: "U know the Devil is soooooooool busy! Hes trying evrything he can to spread his NASTINESS...... but u know what i say......HOLYGHOST FIRE!!!! IN JESUS NAME AMEN." I LOL every time.
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