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Anthony Hazzard
October 29, 2024
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When it comes to air travel, have you heard the term gate lice? Learn more about what it means and what one airline is doing about it later in this email.
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✈️ American Airlines Considers Eradicating ‘Gate Lice’
I learned a new term over the weekend: “gate lice.” Apparently it refers to people at an airport gate who attempt to board a flight before their group or zone number gets called.
It never occurred to me. But apparently people do this. Especially starting in 2010, when airlines began charging for checked suitcases.
“Board in Group 1, no matter your group,” wrote a frequent air traveler that NPR cited. “99% of the time they don’t say anything. Worst case they tell you to wait, then you’re first when they call your actual group.”
American Airlines is thinking about eradicating these gate lice – or at least their practice of jumping the line to board early.
At three test airports, American customers being naughty with boarding will hear an audible signal. Caught red-handed, a gate agent will then send those passengers back to the general population mulling around the gate waiting to be called.
“Travel experts believe that the noncompliant passengers are increasingly rampant because airline passengers who wish to secure valuable overhead bin space mark their territory as soon as possible.”
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