Originally Posted by
mattp1987
In all seriousness, this pays for itself in less than a trip for a couple buying Basic Economy. If the buy-up is $30/person/direction, that's $120. As long as they're in the same booking, only one needs to buy Skymiles Select and both get early boarding. Assuming a four-segment trip (home-hub-destination and return), that's one drink per person per flight included as well.
If all you want is Zone 1, yes. But this program still doesn't allow advance seat selection.
Agree it's still very worthwhile to certain people.