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Old Apr 12, 2008 | 7:46 am
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Originally Posted by globaltrotter
Regarding to the prior post about the experience with elite boarding and a larger number of elites boarding the number showing on the upgrade waitlist, couldnt that be because maybe they were in fact not a silver/gold/platinum elite, but a Presidents Club Member or own the Presidential World Mastercard, which gets you most of the EliteAccess benefits like preboarding.
I wasn't aware that PC members get elite access, and I can't imagine there are all that many PWMC holders. My guess, besides DL elites (which seemed odd as DL has several flights to SLC, why would a DL elite fly CO on this route with no chance of upgrade?), there were probably a lot of families booked together who didn't want to split up and try for the upgrade.
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