Originally Posted by
willnyc
Sorry for the naive questions, but what is the significance of mid tier status with regards to weather problems. Does it give you leverage getting on later flights?
Originally Posted by
bdesmond
It puts you higher on the pecking order on the standby list which when things go wrong (or you just want to get home early) is a big deal. When you wait list as a premiere exec later than a handful of premiere's or misc John Q Public's, you will get bumped ahead of them which when there's 10 seats and 30 people on the list is quite helpful.
Trudat. Back when I was a lowly 2p on United (Premier, bottom status), I remember trying to fly early to Chicago one day. I got to LGA around noon, with plenty of time to make the 1pm, 2pm, or 3pm flights (all of which would have gotten me home in time to make an event I wanted to attend). I was scheduled on the 7pm flight. I couldn't clear a single standby list, thanks to my crap status.
This was 3 years ago and I am still annoyed!!
As a 1p, I generally cleared standby lists, and as a 1k, I believe that I always cleared it.