Originally Posted by
uapremier
Unfortunately (and probably very distressing to you) the agent was correct.
International travel--particularly missed connections go on the standby list as
BP5A which trumps any normal standby on the BP5B list. The 5B list is typically the status based list that we all refer to, but in this case United standby boarding priority was adhered to correctly and the GM members were placed on the higher than you on the 5A list.
Dug from the archives, the complete list. The passengers in question could have been full fare F or C, or "disserviced" whatever that means.
I couldn't find the priority boarding codes in any recent posts here. I spied a list recently, so here goes. It's divided into two sections, the first (priorities 1-4) for customers with reservations, and the second (priorities 5-10) for customers without reservations.
BP1-A Full fare revenue pax; company officers
BP1-B Priority flight crew
BP1-C FAA inspectors
BP2 Other than full-fare revenue (meaning rev pax at discount fares)
BP3 UA business travel / UA emergency travel, outbound (going to the place of business or the place of emergency)
BP4 Other airline business travel; travel agent "POSS SPACE" (positive space?)
BP5A Disserviced and full fare F and C pax
BP5B All other revenue standbys
BP5C Non-revenue positive space standbys
BP5H Shuttle revenue and positive space
BP6A UA emergency travel (returning); other airline emergency travel (going)
BP6B UA retirees or spouse or child 25 or under with 25 years of service or more
ALSO parents accompanied by retiree with 25+ years of service
ALSO UA employees and "eligibles" traveling on 1/4 fare
ALSO Retirees with less than 25 years of service who are traveling on 1/4 fare
BP7 UA business travel on space available (i.e., standing by, not on confirmed space)
BP8A UA employee/spouse/dependent child 22 or younger, or accompanied child age 22-25 on pleasure travel
ALSO UA employee plus one companion, or parents who are traveling with the employee
ALSO parents traveling with retiree who has less than 25 years of service
ALSO retirees/spouses/dependent child 22 or younger, or accompanied child 22-25, with less than 25 years of service, on pleasure travel
ALSO retirees and eligibles with 25+ years of service, on international travel
ALSO United Express employees on space-available business travel, by seniority
BP8D United Express retirees' dependent child 22-25, unaccompanied
ALSO UA employees plus *two* companions, or unaccompanied parents
ALSO parents of retirees traveling alone
BP8C Companions traveling alone (I may have noted this out of order.)
BP9 United Express employees on "1090" (?); travel agent employees; travel agents traveling on United Express (am not sure I translated this correctly)
BP10 Employees of other airlines