Originally Posted by
canadiancow
What about priority check-in, when you don't live in a hub that has:
1. SE
2. J/*G
3. PY/35K/25K/Credit Cards
4. Family
5. Regular
SFO has two. Regular and priority.
Yeah, that's a fair point.
And a related point is just zone boarding when they combine z1 & z2. That's probably less common at the hubs now, but still a factor at the outstations. (Although I still don't understand why; do those same agents also combine UA boarding groups? But I digress....)
Originally Posted by
canadiancow
Upgrades are interesting. I'm not worried about gate upgrades. But more people with status means more R space being taken months before departure. If I don't know I'm going on a trip until 3 weeks out, your Latitude booking with a confirmed upgrade from 10 months out is going to "beat" my 21 day request.
That's always been a problem, but it gets worse as the number of elites increases.
I'm a little bit more torn about this one, because it's also based on the time of booking .... a factor which is under your control .... but yes, I get it, more competition will make those upgrades harder to grab.