Originally Posted by
Annerk
I regularly see the gate agent tell people they need to board in their group and if the person with the higher boarding number wants to wait and board with the person with the lower boarding number, that's fine. I've never seen a person with a higher boarding number be able to drag their companion with a lower number further ahead in the line with them.
I think you are speaking about the same thing, with the opposite terminology. I think he/she means that if you have an a boarding, for example, you forgo it and board with the B group along with your companion.