Elite doesn’t necessarily mean 1K/GS.. it’s probably silver+, so the majority of pax in SNA could be silver.
Originally Posted by
Kacee
SFO-SNA is not that hard at all, which is one of the reasons I don't believe for a minute that SNA has an unusually high number of UA elites. Nothing like ORD. Heck, I've had a harder time upgrading SFO-PHX.
Perhaps it’s number of elites compared to total number of passengers flying through the airport. SFO/ORD might have more elites, but they’re also hubs so get more non-elites flying through them.