Originally Posted by
stevenshev
That e-mail quotataion is not exactly correct either, but whatever, it's close enough.
It was to describe standby in layman's terms:
passengers denied boarding on earlier United
flights, passengers from cancelled United flights, United
misconnections, and then full fare revenue passengers.
(This describes BP1A, though I am confused about the full-fare part).
For all other customers, priority is further divided by Mileage Plus status - 1K, Premier Executive, and Premier, fare paid and check-in time.
(This describes BP1B).