Originally Posted by
shadowspar
They announced military pre-boarding on my recent PDX-YVR flight, which I was surprised by; I didn't think that was a thing AC did. (Is it A Thing in the US, or just a one-off mistake by contract outstation staff...?)
I think PDX are all United staff, so they probably did it the UA way.
Originally Posted by
meagicano
Priority boarding for military members in the US used to be for those travelling in uniform. Has this changed?
I had previously understood that it was generally not desirable to travel in uniform, unless there were specific reasons. It makes you a target.
I had drinks with a US Navy officer on Friday night, and he said it's too hard to keep it clean, and he'd never risk flying in his whites.
I think most airlines with military preboarding allow some form of military ID in lieu of a uniform, but aside from one UA IAH-ELP flight, I've never seen more than one or two people in uniform boarding a flight.