Originally Posted by
HNLbasedFlyer
If it truly bothers you that much, since I believe this is a deliberate attempt to provide an extra benefit to 1K's and doubt it will change - why wouldn't you just fly someone else if this is so important to you.
Often, people value different things - if this is so valuable, certainly there are other airlines that will let you pre-board ahead of the top elites.
For maybe the 20th time: it's not about UA providing an extra benefit to 1ks. You are all very,
very important and VIPs and slavishly loyal. Good for UA on that. Good for 1ks. Hurrah for all of you!
What this IS about is DOWNGRADING paid premium by lumping them in with a large horde of mid-tier elites. It makes UA an noncompetitive outlier.
And I
am changing my habits to AA and Delta as a direct result of this, as they do let me board before mid-tier elites...unfortunately, however, I am already holding 2 UA FC tickets so am going to gripe about it - both here and directly to UA - until I am completely divorced from UA again.
Originally Posted by
enviroian
I really just scanned the wiki here but am I correct in reading a 1K in coach will board before a paid F passenger? That doesn't happen at AA. As a frequent EXP in coach I know all too well. We are in group 2--EXP's that weren't upgraded. All F seat holders are in group 1 regardless of status (and CK's are called first).
Precisely. Expect to see more of me and folks like me who pay 2 to 3x more than coach for a premium ticket on AA in the near future.