on our blog: do airline boarding practices make sense?

[Tripatini]

The industry's approach to boarding is mixed, as is, ostensibly, popular opinion.  In a recent poll of more than 1,000 respondents, we asked our readers who should board planes first: disabled travelers, frequent flyers, families, or those who've paid extra. Seventy-seven percent of respondents answered that disabled flyers should board ahead of everyone else; this lines up with standard industry practice. But respondents' opinions about the three other groups were split: 9 percent said those who've paid extra should board first, 7 percent sided with families, and 7 percent voted for elite frequent flyers...

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