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Old Nov 2, 2010, 12:08 pm
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Originally Posted by UA-NYC
Not really sure how much Silvers/Golds are giving up with the "UA method". Sure they lose the right to stampede the line post-F with 50+ other Plats/PPlats/fellow Elites. They're still going to board before 50% of the other pax, and they're still going to get overhead space.
Since even low-level elites can bump into E+ on UA metal, they'd still be boarding in Zone 1, so it's not that much of a 'downgrade'.
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