Originally Posted by
DCBob
How do you know it's elite heavy for UA? UA does not issue luggage tags to anyone, including elites.
The luggage tags were just an example of how many business travelers flies through BWI...
Also, my observations is based on my experiences flying out of BWI... On my recent CO flight, there were over 40 upgrade eligible elites that sat in Y with a couple of other star golds.
For UA, in this picture for a BWI-ORD flight, 2/3 of those people boarded in zone 1 and 2 for a full flight and the GA did enforce the boarding policy by asking a few people to stand aside and wait for their turn... So, they all had to be Star Silver or higher... You can also see how many people were in the GS/1K line...
On the US side, BWI used to be an US hub, so there is a good # of US elites that flies in/out of BWI.