Originally Posted by
DCAstudent
While this may be true, it is nice that UA is adding a benefit that many other carriers also offer.
And at the same time the pool of standby travelers is decreasing this year due to rightsizing, so I doubt many people will notice much difference.
At one point they were going to give us some BP6B's for meeting the A:14, but decided against it after all the retirees complained...Why didn't they ask us what we thought about this new deal? It seems insane that my friend, traveling by himself, could get a seat on a plane before you, just because I have more senority! When they're by themselves they should be 8B's. No way should you or I get bumped by someone's "friend".