Originally Posted by
wlau
You should see boarding at Narita... literally everybody and their mother is Sky Priority... There is even a long line of Diamonds... This is the effect of airline consolidation, a lot of offshore business in Asia, an expansion to SkyTeam, resulting in a ton of Gold or SkyTeam Elite Plus. In addition, when you buy Comfort+, you also get Sky Priority...
So true. When they herd the Prem passengers together, it's a huge group. Far larger than the D1 cabin can hold. Sky is so large that the remaining zones have relatively short lines.
Delta's grouping of DMs with D1 has noticeably improved boarding. With DMs in W interspersed in the group, they go right to the back (or to the right) while D1 cabin passengers are dealing with their luggage. You get twice the number boarded in the same time that it takes to just board D1. I find we leave the gate early in NRT far more than before.