hope the granting of EliteAccess@ Airport Prority Services doesnt mean getting Full Elite Benefits w/o being Elite. That will simply just Water down everything which is bad enough already. Adding all those people to Biz checkin counters, Security Elite lines, and early boarding will reduce any value that flying to be an Elite has.
Also it will simply swell the already overcrowded PCs, glad Im not a PC member.
What's the benefit? @ EWR the EA is longer than the TSA normal line anyways. EA checkin? Again, the agents just push people to the kiosks.
PClub? its the same price as a pclub membership, more or less, so if they can get more members this way, go for it.
I really don't expect *that* many takers.
I was sitting next to a guy from Chase 2 weeks ago on PHL-IAH, he was asking if I knew about the chase PP card, and I said yes, but I don't think it provides enough value to justify the fee PLat only pays $300 for the club. He was plat too (comped due to chase/co... flying on AU)