Originally Posted by SFO 1K:20860250
Today I flew MCO-DEN. They had the older two arrow system - Premier Access to the left and general boarding to the right. They also took the ropes and made a diagonal from the general line over to the Premier line to close it off in front. They then also closed off the Premier line in the back, so it was closed on both ends. My partner and I walked up exactly 5 minutes before boarding, and stood at the front of what was the PA line, in front of the rope. The gate agent came over and asked us what we were doing there. We said we were waiting to board. Are you disabled or military or Global Services? No, we said. She told us we had to leave. I asked her where she would like Group 1 to line up, she said "no where, I'll call you when I am ready for you". We went to the back of the rope for the Premier Access area, and waited quietly. She then opened the rope, called for disabled (no one). Called for military (no one). Called for GS (no one). Then she opened the front diagonal rope and called for Group 1. Made these two 1K / First Class pax feel real great about UA today, I can tell you that.
Had the same feeling in phl yesterday...was in line with about 15 other group 1 when agent escorted two GS to board, shaking hands and all. Then came us second class citizens. Guess 100k miles and a first class seat doesn't mean much any more.
All I ask is that they board 1k and 1st class separately after GS, military and disabled.