I flew from BCN-EWR yesterday. The boarding was interesting because they called for BF and Elite passengers as well as all other passengers and then had averyone board a bus to the plane.

There was no distinction between Elite and non-Elite passengers and everyone got off the bus at the same time (it took 3 busses to get everyone to the plane, but it still seemed odd).

This morning I flew from EWR-ORD. The GA made an announcement that since the entire plane was Elite (not true) that they would board by rows. Again negating the Elite benefit of boarding.

I didn't have luggage this morning as I am flying back to EWR tonight, but a lot of people were grumbling about overhead space.

I have seen GAs in SFO board by status before (i.e. Platinum, Gold, then Silver) but just boarding everyone by row this morning seemed incorrect.

Anyone have any thoughts? I'm not looking to be another griping Platinum and in both cases I didn't have an issue with overhead space, but this could be an issue on a packed flight.