Originally Posted by CPRich
OK, please specify the airlines that don't do this. Gramma Ethel may have been either elite or "passenger needing assistance". Otherwise, all the majors that I fly board the rear passengers and passengers in window seats first, then middle sections and front middle seats, then front section.
One problem is that "elite and pax needing assistance" is sometime 70% of the plane.
Unless you are flying Southwest with their "cattle call" boarding method. Is there another airline that follws that pattern?
Ignoring Group "1" (elites) in AA's Group Number boarding policy, does it assign lower numbers (i.e. early boarding opportunities) to those in the back???