How Can passengers check into a flight with bags and not board?

[Bundy Bear]

Two no shows who had to have their bags removed were the reason for late departure.

How do passengers check into a flight with bags and then don’t board.
Must be some good stories.

 

[Pushka]

How do passengers check into a flight with bags and then don’t board.
Must be some good stories.

Unwell.

 

[love_the_life]

Unwell.

A tiff then huff off and decide not to go.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

How do passengers check into a flight with bags and then don’t board.
Must be some good stories.

Drunk too much free booze and fall asleep ...........

 

[harvyk]

How do passengers check into a flight with bags and then don’t board.
Must be some good stories.

One to many happy juices in the bar / fell asleep after being up for 20 hours / really interesting movie / good game on their iPad...

 

[Quickstatus]

Two no shows who had to have their bags removed were the reason for late departure.

No one gets on my airplane if they are late, wryly says the Captain

@NM 200kg lighter - there is the extra fuel.

I wonder if Captain did a visual approach and land?.

 

[JohnK]

How do passengers check into a flight with bags and then don’t board.
Must be some good stories.

Lots of reasons and hope none ever apply to me.

Not feeling well, fall asleep, too much alcohol, second thoughts, carried away shopping or something else and lose track of time....

 

[Himeno]

Lots of reasons and hope none ever apply to me.

Not feeling well, fall asleep, too much alcohol, second thoughts, carried away shopping or something else and lose track of time....

Never missed a flight after checking in, though came close once.
US west coast connecting via IAH to ORD with an overnight at IAH - stayed air side overnight. Last AA flight in, one of the first out.
Found a nice place to sleep as suggested by sleepinginairports.net. Set my alarm.

A few hours later, wake up to find alarm didn't go off (seems my phone's alarm won't activate when headphones are plugged in) and aircraft door closing in 5 minutes. In my rush to get everything packed up, shoved into bags and rush to the flight, I didn't notice my noise cancelling headphones fall out of my bag until after pushback. Had to buy a new pair in ORD before my next long haul a few days later.

 

[MathNerd]

Never missed a flight after checking in, though came close once.
US west coast connecting via IAH to ORD with an overnight at IAH - stayed air side overnight. Last AA flight in, one of the first out.
Found a nice place to sleep as suggested by sleepinginairports.net. Set my alarm.

A few hours later, wake up to find alarm didn't go off (seems my phone's alarm won't activate when headphones are plugged in) and aircraft door closing in 5 minutes. In my rush to get everything packed up, shoved into bags and rush to the flight, I didn't notice my noise cancelling headphones fall out of my bag until after pushback. Had to buy a new pair in ORD before my next long haul a few days later.

That's close. Really close.
I hope the NC headphones didn't have much sentimental value etc, as it'd be a hard loss to get over!

 

[Himeno]

That's close. Really close.
I hope the NC headphones didn't have much sentimental value etc, as it'd be a hard loss to get over!

I don't get the overpriced ones that come "recommended". I get the $80-140 pairs and they last 3-4 years each. I'm on my 4th now. The ones I lost would likely have been replaced for the next long trip anyway.

 

[JohnK]

Never missed a flight after checking in, though came close once.

Don't ask me how but I managed to walk out of the MIA Admirals Club lounge into the international sterile area and could see the gate and hear my name paged but couldn't go anywhere.

I was flying MIA-DFW-ORD and luckily they were able to get me a First Class seat on the MIA-ORD flight and still made the connection to LHR and ATH.