![Boeing 737, Delta Airlines A Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 lands in Las Vegas on March 3, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ap159654014827-copy.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
Airlines seem to be forever tinkering with the boarding process in an effort to get passengers onto planes quickly.
Now Delta Air Lines is trying something new: pre-loading carry-on bags before passengers.
In a complimentary program the airline is calling “Early Valet,” agents will ask customers seated in the gate area if they’d like to participate, Delta spokesman Morgan Durrant told NBC.
“Their bag will be specially tagged, similar to what you’d see at a hotel for room delivery,” said Durrant, “and then taken down onto the aircraft before boarding and placed above a customer’s seat based on their seat…
Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News
More Must-Reads from TIME
- Eyewitness Accounts From the Trump Rally Shooting
- From 2022: How the Threat of Political Violence Is Transforming America
- ‘We’re Living in a Nightmare:’ Inside the Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town
- Remembering Shannen Doherty , the Quintessential Gen X Girl
- How Often Do You Really Need to Wash Your Sheets?
- Why Mail Theft Is on the Rise
- Welcome to the Noah Lyles Olympics
- Get Our Paris Olympics Newsletter in Your Inbox
Contact us at letters@time.com