Originally Posted by
xyzzy
I wish I'd see this more often on elite-heavy flights. Thankfully the days of, "We've got too many elites so we're boarding only by row number," appear to be gone.
+1.
This question was raised a year or so ago. An employee (maybe
sfogate??) said that they are *supposed to* board by elite level when the flight is >X% full of elites. It's been a while, but x=30 or 50 sticks in my mind.