An internal United memo reveals that the airline will soon roll out the WILMA boarding process.
Along with extra legroom and charging people to sit together,"early boarding" has increasingly become part of a separate profit stream as airlines charge both for the ability to board early on its own and offer it as
The standard procedure is for airlines to allow those with disabilities or small children to board before everyone else and thenor"zones" that correspond roughly with how much one spent on a ticket and one's loyalty status with the airline — those who bought a single economy ticket can usually expect to be part of the long line of travelersand then waiting as others block their passage while trying to find space for their baggage in the overhead compartments.
On certain domestic flights, there will also be a Group 6 for basic economy travelers without carry-on bags to provide the early boarding perk to those who bought a higher fare of ticket. This, however, will only work on short flights with minimal passenger carry-ons as allowing too many groups to board earlier will sill cause a bottleneck at different parts of the plane.The FTC said last month that it plans to restart an in-house trial against Microsoft over the acquisition after the Ninth Circuit issues an opinion regarding the agency’s appeal of an earlier U.S. District Judge’s ruling in Microsoft’s favor.
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