Originally Posted by
HDQDD
Very true. DL does have a terrible boarding system.
Make it easy: Preboards, Zone 1 (First/Bus Class), Zone 2 (Medallions & C+), Z3-5 Kettles.
The way it is today it's no wonder the gate lice problem is so bad. It's extremely confusing (to a non FFer). Objectively, I think it's quite reasonable to assume that Z1 boards first...
And exactly how do they then hawk the AMEX card benefits?
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Zone 3 boarding on all DL flights.
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Does not really sound that exciting.
They need something "clean" (such as your 1-5) but w/o pointing out how far back you actually are.
Perhaps color codes or such.