"Someone stole my carry-on overhead spot"
May 19, 2011 | 1:05 pm
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"Someone stole my carry-on overhead spot"
What are yalls opinions on that quote? Since when do we have allocated "spots" for our carry-ons.. maybe I missed the memo... 
This group of people were talking mad crap.... about how I put my 1 carry-on in their "spot"? Funny because they were talking another language, which I understood, and they didn't know I understood... oh yeah love when that happens!
This group of people were talking mad crap.... about how I put my 1 carry-on in their "spot"? Funny because they were talking another language, which I understood, and they didn't know I understood... oh yeah love when that happens!
May 19, 2011 | 1:10 pm
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No assigned spots per se, but if I see someone put their carryon above my seat in row 3 and then see them tromp off to row 45 and there's no room for my carryon, one of two things will happen:
1) "Comin' down!"
2) "FA, please gate check this item (row 45's) to the final destination of Nadi, Fiji (airport code NAN for your convenience)."
1) "Comin' down!"
2) "FA, please gate check this item (row 45's) to the final destination of Nadi, Fiji (airport code NAN for your convenience)."
Last edited by Spiff; May 19, 2011 at 3:01 pm
May 19, 2011 | 1:10 pm
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Overhead bin space is first come, first served and not coupled / assigned to the seats directly below.
May 19, 2011 | 1:18 pm
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Were you sitting anywhere near them or were you dropping off a bag at the front of the plane and heading to the back?
Not that it matters as carry on space is not reserved but I could see them being upset if all the overhead space in the front is taken up by people in the back.
The difference of course is when people in the back are leaving, they just pick up their junk as they go by it. If people in the front have to store their stuff in the back, they have to wait for everybody to be off the plane, and then can go back and get it.
Not that it matters as carry on space is not reserved but I could see them being upset if all the overhead space in the front is taken up by people in the back.
The difference of course is when people in the back are leaving, they just pick up their junk as they go by it. If people in the front have to store their stuff in the back, they have to wait for everybody to be off the plane, and then can go back and get it.
May 19, 2011 | 1:19 pm
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As with most of life, common courtesy and consideration for others will go a long way in these situations, however I recognize some people are are so self-centered the rules, written or unwritten don't apply to them.
May 19, 2011 | 1:19 pm
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There is a common misconception among infrequent flyers that the spot above their seat belongs to them. My husband almost got into a fight with a guy (EZE-MIA) who thought the overhead bin above his head belonged to him (we were sitting across the aisle). I kept telling him to get the FA to solve this. She finally came over and said that overhead bin space is not assigned.
May 19, 2011 | 4:19 pm
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...but one should use the space somewhat close to them. No dropping the bag off at row 10 then heading to row 25, especially if board has just begun. If one is the last few passengers, that's ok.
May 19, 2011 | 4:56 pm
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Personally I do think the O/H space above the bulkhead rows should be assigned to the bulkhead seats since there is not any underseat stowage
May 19, 2011 | 5:45 pm
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May 19, 2011 | 6:14 pm
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If there's one thing I've learned from this site it is that rules, respect, morals, common decency etc. do not matter. The ONLY thing that seems to matter is if there is some law that covers any action/behavior I may be partaking in. Absent any actual law (that one must first site to me AND prove applies to the particular jurisdiction I am in) I can and should do whatever I please.
May 19, 2011 | 8:00 pm
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Bin space is obviously first come first serve, but I think that there is proper etiquette that people don't always follow (i.e. hogging all the bin space or putting your bags at the front even when sitting much further back)
May 20, 2011 | 9:39 am
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