lcohen999

or any rapidair flight

24left

agjil

If I were to take a guess:
1. J, SE, E75
2. E50, E35, *G, PY, Latitude
3 - 5/6/7 Y based on seat numbers

yvr76

Sounds about right, except 7 zones is a bit much.

J should absolutely be in the first boarding group. For those SEs who think otherwise, consider that you won't always be SE.

P25K should not be in zone 2. It's already crowded enough as is. Hopefully credit card holders get zone 3, and not zone 2.

CdnFlier

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If one were to follow *A rules doesn't *G need to board with J?

canadiancow

I don't care that I'm on first. I care that I have bin space. And since I almost exclusively fly in J, the only way to guarantee that is to let me board before the rest of J .

People seem to complain about bin space in Y, and why priority boarding often alleviates that issue. But I always have bin space issues in J. The number of times my single backpack has not been able to fit in the J bins is unreal. I'm not maxing out my "legal" carry-on allowance and complaining both bags won't fit.

Now, if they can somehow guarantee that a SE in J will have enough bin space for a single roller or something like that, then I don't care if I'm group 1 or 99. But until then, I'd like priority boarding to actually be useful. Maybe the carry-on enforcements will help, but I have not heard of it helping yet.

I've been having second thoughts about this lately. The rules says "There's no need to rush out of the lounge anymore. With priority boarding you can enjoy the freedom of boarding at your convenience along with First and Business Class passengers."

You can read that as "You get to board with F and J." or "F and J can board at their convenience. So can you.". And if you're in zone 2, boarding any time in 2-5 is "convenient", right?

UA certainly doesn't let *G board with J

superangrypenguin

Do you still have bin space when you board as *G with UA? Y or J?

agjil

I usually have plenty of bin space when I fly on UA Y and get assigned to boarding group 2.
Boarding group 2 is fine IMHO.
If you hold a UA J ticket, you belong to boarding group 1, so bin space is not a problem obviously.

BlueMilk

Either way, we'll be in group one. After that, position is all about how you use your elbows.

However, I'd love it if I could count on bin space with a tight connection, or after lingering in the lounge.

canadiancow

Y is not a problem if you have priority boarding, because enough of Y is not priority.

I've flown UA J very seldom, but I don't recall a problem. The problem is when you get there at T-35, and there's already a huge line in the priority boarding. If all of J boards before you, space is a problem.

Not so obvious. If you're last in group 1, good luck finding space

agjil

Well, I was implying at least be in the middle of the whole line for group 1, and you should be fine.

172pilot

As an SE you should be zone 1on UA I believe. I can't remember not being zone 1 with them since hitting SE.

agjil

Being SE has nothing to do with being in group 1 on UA.
What matters is you are Star Alliance Gold, and hence belong to group 2.
If you are sitting in J, then you are in group 1 regardless of status.
I'm not sure whether you belong to group 1 or 2 when you are sitting in E+ though...it could be the case you were sitting in E+ and therefore had boarding group 1 on your BP.

pewpew

Conversely, with LH, you don't get *G until 100k, so why should measly AC E50k/75k get to priority board on LH? Also, A3 is tightening their requirements substantially... and it was never 17k miles. It was 19k minimum.

canadiancow

E+ does not put you in 1 or 2. When it was 7 groups, it got you group 4 or 5.

Now, for someone with AC status, *G/*S gets you into 2, J gets you into 1.