Single aisle aircraft boarding handy hints....
1. Pack all your little bits and pieces that you'll want during the flight in a bag that goes under your seat. If it's in your overnight luggage then put it in your hand\manbag
before you board. No-one can move past you when you are occupying the only aisle on the aircraft while you repack your belongings. Yes even if you breathe in, lean over a seat or pretend you are not really standing in the aisle.
If you do need to get something out of your stowed luggage do so after takeoff. Chances are it's nothing you'll need for the few minutes it takes to get airborne.
2. Check your luggage in. Learn to carry less when you travel, it makes life so much easier for you. Do you really want to be dragging a heavy bag around the airport then fighting for locker space onboard? The test of whether a bag should be onboard is the
test unit, not whether or not you can personally carry it or if it fits in the overhead locker. There are carry-on limits for a reason, one of them is available space the other one is safety. I'm sure you wouldn't want to be hit in the head with someone's oversized bag.
3. If there is no space in the lockers above your seat put it somewhere else. Even if that somewhere else is over another seat. No point in bringing it all the way down the aisle to where there is no locker space then going against the flow of traffic to try and take it back up the aircraft to an available spot. I promise no-one is interested in your bag and you can collect it again on your way out.
4. If you have a window seat get on first. If you have an aisle seat get on last.
5. Do not plan on using the toilet onboard before take off. Use the one in the terminal instead. People using the loo's holds up boarding and preparing the cabin and in some instances isn't allowed for safety reasons. The ones in the terminal are also nicer, more spacious and more convenient.
6. If you need someone to move so you can get into your seat say "excuse me", it lets the other person know that you need them to do something. Just standing there so they can read your mind isn't the most effective way to go about it.