Safe travels. We fly (again!!) tomorrow, and someone posted this from this morning!!
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We are flying out of JFK in 2 weeks, first time ever out of that airport and I can’t say I’m excited.
I try as often as I can to avoid LAX, using Long Beach or John Wayne instead. In fact, going to Amsterdam in July I fly out of John Wayne to Vegas, and non stop from there. Yep, I will avoid LAX at all cost! At least until after the Olympics.
At the airport now. Strange but we made it through security in just minutes. Checking in toook a few minutes since half the machines didn’t work. We are on American.
@JustaMom believe me if I can I avoid LAX. Usually fly out of Santa Barbara.
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It is a mess due to construction, but just flew in/out of American Terminal 8 this past week and it was very smooth.
I only fly first/business and have had an instance recently where the flight attendant has had to take someone’s case out of my space. Tracking them down and making them gate check. On another flight FA had to admonish the passenger in row one who tried to shove her personal item under my seat ( in row 2) because in row 1 you have to use the overhead for take off and landing and this person wanted to avoid that. I try to avoid row 1 but when I end up there woukd never do that. So rude!
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Just curious- what space is considered your space in Business/first class? The half of the bin over your seat? Across from your seat?
The FA told the passenger that bins in FC were only for first class. I’ve only seen people use the bin above their seat.
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I’ve seen more than one person attempt to sneak their carryon into a FC bin on their way back to 33E. The entitlement! 
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On domestic flights: half the bin above your seat (but on some flights, the first row’s bin might be reserved for equipment or for use by the crew 
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On international flights with lie flat seats you typically get a whole bin to yourself.
I understand that the bins are only for first class, just as the bins in comfort plus are just for them. My question was related to whether there was an expectation that a specific bin space was for a specific seat.
Usually the bins are labeled with seat numbers. In my experience, your bin is above your seat.
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Yes the seat number is always above the seat. Never thought that specifically meant that bin was for that seat (since all the seats throughout the plane are numbered that way). Interesting! Because often we will put our bags in the bin across from our seat because it’s easier to get the bag out when we are getting out of our seats and into the aisle then have to reach over our seats. Just interesting. Didn’t know if there was a hard and fast policy, though I can certainly see that in configurations like lieback first class seats, the overhead space is directly overhead. Just not specifically in seating with rows of seats that recline a bit.
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I’ve always assumed that in every class, you’re expected to put your bag in the bin with your seat number (assuming there’s space).
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Until the new large bins (Space Bins or Airspace XL), most economy class overhead bins had space for about 2 full size carry ons per 3 passengers. The new large bins can hold almost one carry on per passenger, if packed properly (but many passengers do not do that).
I read several sites before posting my question here to see if there was a protocol for first class row seats. What kept popping up was the standard policy for overhead bins, which said “first come ,first served”.
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I usually see people use the bin over their seat unless it’s already occupied. And for international / transcontinental flights, everyone has a full bin to themselves as I mentioned in post 1034, so bin space is not really an issue at all.
I was on a recent flight seated in bulkhead, and I asked the person behind me if I coudl store my backpack under my seat – blocking her legroom – for takeoff and landing, and that I would pull it out during the flight. She said, “sure”. As we were on approach, the FA watched me stuff it back under my seat, and she said, ‘oh, that’s great, didnt’ know it would fit."
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. The FA I had pointed to this type of sign after the other passenger put his luggage up,and started to enter the coach cabin. “Sir, you’ll need to gate check this!” I was like YAY!
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On a short international connecting flight, I had to ask people if I could move their coats so I could fit my hard side carryon in the bin across from my seat. You would think I was asking them for their first-born child. The sour looks on their faces 
I was one of the last to board with my group # and learned my lesson. Luckily they were offering free checked bags for carry-ons on the way back.