Originally Posted by
PHLGovFlyer
Yes, I really do think that elites should get priority for VDBs.
Seems good in theory, but in practice its not worth the time to start sorting out peoples status. If you have an oversell its going to be easier to just bump out the first few people rather then take everyones names sort them out then worry about trying to redo.
Personally I don't want to end up getting delayed due to the GA is sitting there getting rejected by the pax since the rebook isn't going to work and has to scroll through a list of potential people. This will hold if they want to help maintain ontime performance.
My last vdb I took I was bumped over an hour before departure with an oversell of 1 seat, this was before the inbound was even landed.