Delta’s Overhead Bag Valet: Genius or Idiotic new fee?

By |June 3rd, 2015|Categories: Travel, Travel News|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Delta started testing a new program called "Early Valet" this week. The service has airline employees take tagged carry-on bags at the gate and place them in the overhead bins above the passenger's assigned seat. It is being touted as a solution for quicker boarding of passengers as Delta believes their employees should be able to load the bins faster then passengers. Numerous articles cite that the flights with this service are routes that typically ferry a high number of vacationers. The idea being that clueless vacationing families who don't travel often are the source of boarding delays. But I have some hesitations