Originally Posted by
canadiancow
One argument I can see is that if you're an SE MM in J, your status really isn't doing anything for boarding. But like I've said in reference to UA's system, I don't think a 1K (or SE or MM) in Y should board ahead of my mom in J. With her, fine. But not ahead.
I could potentially see an argument for putting MM in zone 1, but I'm not even sure that makes sense. 1MM gives you E50K, and all the benefits (like boarding zone) that entails. 3MM gives you zone 1.
If you want to argue that SEMM should be before J, I might agree with that, but I still think I'd rather do something for SEs in J, where their status isn't actually getting them any boarding priority.
I think putting SEMMs before J/SE is trying to slice it too fine. Another layer of complexity for little value.
As for MMs, I don't really think they should be in Z1. It's very easy to make MM without ever being SE, so I don't think they should get SE privileges in boarding when everywhere else they get 50K privileges.