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BartC

"DerbyBoy" No-one wrote in message
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I returned yesterday from Furteventura. The queue to merely drop off
luggage for the Ryanair Flight was really annoying. It took me 90 minutes
to get the the front of the queue. We then had to run to the gate and had
no time for a drink in the Departures area. The issue seemed to be that
some passengers had baggage or documentation problems to argue about.
My suggestion is simple - for all airlines / handling agents / airports.
If the transaction cannot be completed within (say) one minute then the
passenger is sent to the back of the queue.
Baggage Drop Off should only take seconds. It is only a case of dropping
bag onto conveyor - showing document and passport. 1minute is ample time.
Anyone with an expected complication should first go to the appropriate
airline enquiry desk.
What do you think? It really is frustrating standing in the queue whilst
people re-pack their luggage as they didn't comply with their contract
conditions.

I've never been able to understand the difference between Check-in, and Bag
Drop; both can involve waiting in a queue, and handing over baggage while
checking over some documents.

So bag drop is not necessarily going to be quicker, and you should allow
just as much time.

What do you think? It really is frustrating standing in the queue whilst
people re-pack their luggage as they didn't comply with their contract
conditions.

I can say the same about every type of queue I've ever been in. People take
5, 10, 15 minutes each at a counter, when I finally get there, I'm usually
done in 30 seconds, if that.

And in airport security queues, I've perfected the art of putting away all
items likely to trigger the detector, taken off my coat, and removed laptop
from bag, all while shuffling along in the queue. Then I have to wait for a
bunch of other people to do all that while standing at the conveyor!

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Bartc