Originally Posted by
HSmartt
If I am not mistaken though, on transcons, isn't the list first sorted by status, then fare? So a Silver with a Y fare would still be lower on the list, correct? Or is the list still sorted by fare first?
It is a hybrid of sorts, though transcons aren't particularly different other than the p.s. flights.
Any elite on a Y or B fare is going to trump a 1K on an E fare, for example, but once you get away from the Y/B fares status matters more than fare basis.