Everyone has their preference…but I do not get the importance of group 1.

Unless I am flying true intl F, where it is a real pleasure to be on the airplane, I find boarding *last* to be the most pleasurable. Who wants to be on the airplane longer, with all the boarding commotion and staring at people in the aisle?

If anything when in domestic F AA has *always* let me board with my suitcase even if I am the very last one, and the FAs help hunt for a space. I find that to be a true perk, whereas as EXP in Y there is no such benefit.