Originally Posted by
whughes3
Interestingly, I encountered an attempt at this for the first time in as long as I can remember yesterday on QF419 SYD-MEL; the guy on the desk did indeed read a screed like this. Trouble was, people pretty well ignored him and there was a general stampede to board.
This has been my experience too over the last 6 months flying 2-4 sectors per week. I have been avoiding the QP and hanging out at the gate (it's actually calmer than in the QP) so am there at first boarding. Never any mention of elites, and am informal line has already formed before any boarding has been announced. Once it has started boarding it would be a brave person to cut those queues.
The only time I consistently see a separate J/WP/SG line domestically is in PER, and sometimes for A330's in SYD.