Originally Posted by
Awesom Andy
I boarded a CX flight from SIN which take the idea to its extreme level. They fenced off a section of the boarding gate lounge for J (and I assume it is also used for elites and pax who require assistance and families with young children). Everyone there gets a seat, and board the flight at the appropriate time. The rest of the masses get held up behind the fence, and participate in the "scrum" while watching the elites board. I guess it works in SIN, but trying this in other countries may result in absolute chaos.
Sort of the opposite to VAs pens (which work quite well)
If you sit down in the gate area the only queue you can access easily is the normal queue, the priority queue is kept separate and well identified by the carpet colour as well (works well imho given most elites will be at the lounge until relatively close to flight)