Board an EWR-SJC yesterday afternoon. FC/Elite are called..and no one tries to board. Turns out there were only 2 elites on this whole flight, which had a full coach cabin! FC ended up going out with 10/12...most paid or reward (like myself). Rare sight on a transcon...although had something similar during the holidays.

And, here's the kicker...

managed to snag a standard level FC on SFO-EWR in a BF 757 for the return. Thank you for taking time off business travelers!

Reminds me of the days 3, 4 years ago when the transcons were the among the easiest UGs in the system.