Originally Posted by
johnslloyd
I am A+. I took a RR1 flight yesterday (no revenue to WN) and still got A18. I had an el-cheapo WGA change-of-plane hidden-city fare last Wednesday and still got A17/A16. Worst I have had since the change is A20. I fly on a mix of WGA, Anytime, and BS flights. Go figure.
It's simple: If your flight is full of commuters (approximately 30 A-List Preferred members on my Monday AM flights, fully verified by Southwest), you will get a worse number. If your flight has few A+ members, you will still get a good number.