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Apr 20, 2021, 5:56 am

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Originally Posted by MCO Flyer

If they do this, they need to bring back the Sky Priority zone for all medallions and DL Amex cardholders. The current back-to-front scheme rewards low fare BE pax who are likely sitting in the back of the aircraft first access to the OH bins while punishing high paying elites who will be forced to gate check their bags since they would board last due to sitting towards the front of the aircraft. Obviously this hasn’t been an issue with flights only being at 60% capacity, but will become one again with full flights resuming May 1st.

This is the issue. SkyPriority and DL Amex cardholders have to come back. If they don’t, DL will end up annoying a lot of elites, many business travelers.
For reference I’ve flown through SEA, DTW, ATL, PBI and of course DCA in the past six weeks.

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