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Old Dec 16, 2011 | 11:25 am
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Originally Posted by IAH-OIL-TRASH
Silvers are the problem. On the elite-heavy flights, Silvers need to be boarded after the other elites. That'll reduce the rush by half in most cases.
Silvers are NOT the problem. Lack of an orderly boarding process is the problem.

I didn't used to care either way about the boarding process (scrum vs. hierarchy), but after flying pmUA & pmCO the last 2 years, I've definitely come around to the pmUA-way of thinking. As a 2P/Silver, I have no issue with letting Plats/Golds go ahead of me, as long as I still get to board before the general boarding by row, and as long as I have an assigned seat. I fully agree that the CO eliteScrum is an impractical way to board an aircraft.

(All that said, do we really need ANOTHER thread on the boarding privileges/process?)
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