Originally Posted by
bocastephen
Of course UA isn't the only airline that does this - AA regularly sells Group 1 boarding access for a fee - but I feel it's time we get back to the basics and outlaw the practice of charging customers fees outside the price of the ticket because it's now the airlines that need to be forcibly weaned from their sense of entitlement which is spiraling more out of control with every year.
Slight difference though.
AA Group 1 (where the credit card holders also go) come after all elites, but before the rest of the kettles.
For UA, anyone who purchases Premier Access or has the credit card goes to Group 2, which is lumped with Silvers and Golds
UA lumps their Platinum tier (75K) with 1Ks and First/Biz classes all into Group 1, which, depending on where you stand in the pecking order, could be love it or hate it.