I agree that it's a good idea, but needs to be uniformly implemented. I was leaving ATL a couple of days ago, and they called zone 1. Half got in general boarding, and half in the breezeway. They would not allow anyone in the general boarding line to board the plane until everyone in the breezeway had boarded. The poor guy at the front had to wait and wait, and of course the people at the back of the general line started moving over to the breezeway, so the first guy in line was the LAST one to get to board.

They really need to standardize. If everyone knew which line to use, I believe it could be an excellent perk. As it is now, if you're in zones 1-3 it's a crapshoot.....