Originally Posted by Unimatrix One

And then there are people like me, flying the domestic leg of a $9,000 international business class ticket, wondering why a bunch of Y pax / 1Ks on free upgrades are boarding ahead of us.

AA and DL board F ahead of elites (except Concierge Key on AA). In fact, just this year, AA elevated the boarding priority for F. It's one of several reasons I fly AA more than UA (all on revenue J tickets, for both work and personal travel).



There are plenty of 1Ks not spending that much on UA. Many get status largely through credit card spend. Also, see post #14. The author of that post was not 1K/GS at the time but was a 2 million miler flying paid F on UA who had to board after 1Ks, was made to gate check bags because no more OHB space, and had their bags lost. Ridiculous.

I can see boarding GS ahead of F, but not 1K.