The sad & annoying thing i found was, was that when i flew a few months back from STN to AGP, the supervisor/gate person made an announcement saying that Speedy-boarding pax may now board......
At once, probably 3/4's of the pax at the gate shot up and there was a massive crowd by the desk, leading onto the escalators. There was no-way that they all paid for Speedy-boarding and they were all simply allowed to go through!
It was the same on the way back from AGP. Loads of people got up but this time the easyjet staff shouted out "Speedy-Boarding passengers only!!!!!!!!"
it's atrocious that easyJet don't offer refunds if the speedy-boarding process clearly goes all wrong!!!!!
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Speedy-boarding works well for most flights but if you are going away in the summer holidays i wouldn't place a safe bet on getting a good seat if you go for speedy-boarding!