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Old Sep 6, 2012 | 8:11 pm
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Originally Posted by sonic777
My feeling is that flying as a kettle has become so unbearable that the value of silver has become quite high. I really can't complain about E+ availability, but maybe that's because I'm accustomed to just looking at it as a boon if I can grab any at check-in. Boarding group 3 (aka not fighting to the death for bin space) is where the real value is for silvers, and that's not saying much.

FWIW, I think they should rename silver "kettle+" since that's really all it is. Or perhaps a vision of how civilized the entry-level air travel experience used to be.
I think UA should rename their boarding numbers from 1-9
to reflect the actual categories of people on the plane
The program itself has 6 categories!

Or perhaps even A-Z! so that people can board in groups of 5-6 per group
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