News and notes from around the interweb:
- Make. It. Stop. Why airlines make you gate check bags when there’s still plenty of available overhead bin space.
@united your gate agent is making everyone check their bags and this is the situation pic.twitter.com/k9tvQC8ulD
— Jonathan Kennell (@jonathankennell) November 15, 2024
This was not that. pic.twitter.com/X1UP3tab0I
— Jonathan Kennell (@jonathankennell) November 15, 2024
- New London Hyatt has 91 square foot rooms which is smaller than my freshman dorm. I’ve never stayed in smaller hotel rooms than at Hyatt Herald Square and this is half the size.
- Forty rare animals stuffed in a trolley bag found in Bengaluru airport (HT: Enilria)
- La-Z-Boy has a new ad campaign about banning inflight seat recline.
- We’ll see if this changes with a new administration.
Spirit Airlines: “hey we need to merge with JetBlue or Frontier or we will go bankrupt”
The US Justice Department: pic.twitter.com/hMSlMc6aEi
— litquidity (@litcapital) November 16, 2024
- “Great news!”
Carry-on suitcases and trunks are the largest and heaviest fool things ever .
The second dumbest fool thing are emotional support animals .
The third dumbest fool thing is sloppy clothes combined with rap music .
Fun fact. A prisoner on death row is recommended to have 100 square feet for their cell. But they will spend more time in the room.
It all comes down to getting flights out on time so by forcing people in later boarding groups to gate check bags that will ensure the flight isn’t delayed as people try to swim up stream with a bag with no pin space. So pick your poison. Forced gate checking of bags or flights being delayed which means potential misconnects (because so many people will book a 35-45 minute connection) or getting to where you’re going later.