Getting your baggage off the belt.
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If people stood a few ft away from the baggage belt, everyone could see their baggage clearly and there is no need to selfishly stand on too of the belt blocking other passengers view.
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Some times rushing to pick up your bag will allow you to catch an earlier bus/train to the city so a minute there might save you half an hour later.
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Many years ago "Not the Nine O'Clock News" presented their alternative.
The passengers were loaded onto the carousel and simply stepped off when they saw their bags waiting for them in the arrival hall.
The passengers were loaded onto the carousel and simply stepped off when they saw their bags waiting for them in the arrival hall.
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Stroll the corridors and pause on the travelators.
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I do find it interesting that if you check in early at Heathrow flying out or flying in, using BA Club Class, they put 'Priority' labels on the bags. That means that they are usually amongst the last out.....Possibly understandable coming back where they use the usual incompetent handling agents such as Menzies, but not going out....
All wot youse sed BUT my pet dislike is little kids permitted by parents to wander close to the carousel. If said parents cannot foresee the dangers then I weep for their children.
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What about when you get the parents who let their kids sit on the belt, then when the alarm goes to say the belt will start to move, the kids are still sitting there. Then it starts moving and they suddenly have to jump off onto the toes of people waiting for their bag.
I remember last year a boy was sitting on the belt, the alarm went and he still sat on it, it started moving so he jumped off. But he jumped off the wrong side (He was now standing on the middle bit with the belt around the outside). He had to wait till most of the luggage had gone so his parents could reach over to lift him back.
I remember last year a boy was sitting on the belt, the alarm went and he still sat on it, it started moving so he jumped off. But he jumped off the wrong side (He was now standing on the middle bit with the belt around the outside). He had to wait till most of the luggage had gone so his parents could reach over to lift him back.
I used to watch the planes for ten minutes before going to the claim as I would still arrive before my bag. That worked until an occasion at Seattle where United unloaded by bag really fast but managed to loose the baggage tag and an agent was going through my bag trying to find its owner.
In America your bag tends to get removed from the belt very quickly.
In America your bag tends to get removed from the belt very quickly.
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This is one of the things that drives me crazy, although I rarely fly with checked baggage anymore. When I do I stand at the very start/finish of the belt.
I just find it really funny to watch the people that rush up to the gate staff the second they announce boarding, are in the aisles the second the plane hits the ground and then stand an inch away from the baggage carousel.
I don't get why people want to rush to another opportunity to stand in a line.
I usually get the last aisle window seat when I fly and do just stay put until the plane is basically empty.
Recently though I ended up in the aisle seat of the last row, with a couple next to me that were basically out of their seats the second we stopped. The captain had made an announcement that there might be a slight delay waiting for the aerobridge. Yet this couple were already standing next to me giving me dirty looks as I packed up my magazine.
Let them out into the aisle, sat back down. They were standing waiting for about 5 minutes and then rushed off the plane.
It was quite satisfying when I walked up to the baggage claim, bag was there waiting for me. Gave the couple a quick smile as I walked out the door and they waited for their bags.
I just find it really funny to watch the people that rush up to the gate staff the second they announce boarding, are in the aisles the second the plane hits the ground and then stand an inch away from the baggage carousel.
I don't get why people want to rush to another opportunity to stand in a line.
I usually get the last aisle window seat when I fly and do just stay put until the plane is basically empty.
Recently though I ended up in the aisle seat of the last row, with a couple next to me that were basically out of their seats the second we stopped. The captain had made an announcement that there might be a slight delay waiting for the aerobridge. Yet this couple were already standing next to me giving me dirty looks as I packed up my magazine.
Let them out into the aisle, sat back down. They were standing waiting for about 5 minutes and then rushed off the plane.
It was quite satisfying when I walked up to the baggage claim, bag was there waiting for me. Gave the couple a quick smile as I walked out the door and they waited for their bags.
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I'm the same as you laz219. I do make one exception with boarding and that is if the flight looks to be chocker. I will then board early so that I can be sure to have space above me for my carry-on bag.
Probably the reason most people try to board early. Certainly on low cost airlines (with possibly a higher proportion of carry on to hold luggage) the rush forward is vital to getting a seat with your carry on above you and not at teh other end of the plane or in the hold.
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Well, the problem is also that people seem to try to carry a massive amount of carry on to avoid having to pay for checked.
Nearly every time I fly I'm amazed at just how many bags people try to count as carry on. Plus if the crew pull them up on it, they make such a big deal when you think they'd have to realise they've got way too much (seen it a few times where someone has a roller bag, backpack and other bag)
Nearly every time I fly I'm amazed at just how many bags people try to count as carry on. Plus if the crew pull them up on it, they make such a big deal when you think they'd have to realise they've got way too much (seen it a few times where someone has a roller bag, backpack and other bag)
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I do find it interesting that if you check in early at Heathrow flying out or flying in, using BA Club Class, they put 'Priority' labels on the bags. That means that they are usually amongst the last out.....Possibly understandable coming back where they use the usual incompetent handling agents such as Menzies, but not going out....
When I worked for CO I remember quite a few occurrences where the Priority tagged bags came off dead last because the bin, which was usually full of the heaviest bags or golf bags (as anyone who earns such a tag is usually entitled to carry such baggage free of charge) had to be relocated for weight purposes.
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Priority used to mean something to the bag handlers now it just means something to the Pax!
It is said that the excess of cabin baggage habit started by the increase in hub-and-spoke ops in the USA. As more bags failed to make the transit, pax started to carry them in the cabin. That was 25 years ago and before the charging for bags started. So there are several reasons but the unreasonableness of pax is a significant factor in staff letting more into the cabin.
It is said that the excess of cabin baggage habit started by the increase in hub-and-spoke ops in the USA. As more bags failed to make the transit, pax started to carry them in the cabin. That was 25 years ago and before the charging for bags started. So there are several reasons but the unreasonableness of pax is a significant factor in staff letting more into the cabin.