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"Gate lice": The insulting nickname airline staff and premier flyers use for eager boarders
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"Gate lice": The insulting nickname airline staff and premier flyers use for eager boarders

Mark Frauenfelder
Sep 27, 2024
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Flight attendants don't like passengers who crowd around the airport gate before it's their turn to board the plane. Premier status members don't like them either. They call them "gate lice."

According to an article in Thrillist, passengers linger at the gate for several reasons:

  1. Anxiety about overhead bin space: Many passengers worr…

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