Originally Posted by
dc9703
Just walk on the plane with group 4. Not like the GA will check your group #. If they do, you've found the 0.01% of GA that follow process.
Yeah, this is what I would do. Have your AAdvantage card in hand, printed, or on your phone and if questioned just say there must be a mistake as I'm gold which boards with group 4 and show the card. I'd say less than .01% would care.
These days with mobile boarding passes pretty much anyone could board whenever they want and I bet the GA wouldn't know/care. As far as I'm aware it just shows your seat when scanning the boarding pass and not the group #. Even if it did show the group number I suspect once scanned it wouldn't be worth the trouble to make the person wait.