Originally Posted by
SilverChris
OW rules indicate that Emeralds should be entitled to board along with F pax.
Funny AA didn't get that memo.
Like it or not, there are some compromises you need to accept being a top-tier member of an airline which is in an alliance.
In this case either you're wrong, or AA has been getting away with this OW rule and nobody has done anything about it. Which means, like Pirates of Caribbeans would say, "they're really just guidelines"
If DMs are entitled to board before other OWEs, then it's ridiculous for other airlines to let CX Emeralds have F/group 1 priority boarding.
Which AA does not. 1/3 of my flights are with AA, and it's 95% ALWAYS been AA F first exclusively (with EXP). 5% of the time they do announce OWE with F and EXP can board first together, but 95% of the time it's always been F/EXP first, OWE after.