Do Platinum members have to wait until business class passengers get on board?
Jan 23, 2018, 2:19 pm
#61
Join Date: Sep 2014
Programs: Flying Blue Plat, Air Europa Silver, IHG Plat, Accor Plat
Posts: 1,011
The dream.
The closest experience I had is with AF on medium haul where the boarding is slow enough that I can just walk to the automatic gates and then not encounter any queue either at ID check or in the air bridge.
Same experience with A380 in Y when flying in the upper deck.
The closest experience I had is with AF on medium haul where the boarding is slow enough that I can just walk to the automatic gates and then not encounter any queue either at ID check or in the air bridge.
Same experience with A380 in Y when flying in the upper deck.
Jan 23, 2018, 7:38 pm
#62
Join Date: Sep 2016
Programs: Flying Blue, Accor Le Club, Hilton HHonors, Hertz Gold Plus, Avis Preferred
Posts: 476
Maybe it sounds like a dream, but I don't see why it could not be implemented so that the SkyPriority line goes all the way from boarding gate to aircraft door? Now that would be really be the "red carpet" treatment Skyteam likes to talk about in its marketing materials.
Jan 23, 2018, 7:39 pm
#63
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: Flying Blue Platinum, JetBlue Mosaic, Hyatt Globalist, Alaska MVP Gold.
Posts: 1,962
Maybe it sounds like a dream, but I don't see why it could not be implemented so that the SkyPriority line goes all the way from boarding gate to aircraft door? Now that would be really be the "red carpet" treatment Skyteam likes to talk about in its marketing materials.
Aug 9, 2018, 8:02 pm
#66
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Canada
Programs: FB Platinum, SM Diamond
Posts: 645
Aug 9, 2018, 9:00 pm
#67
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Milwaukee
Programs: AA Pl, KL Platinum for Life
Posts: 384
Aug 9, 2018, 9:12 pm
#68
Join Date: May 2009
Location: AMS
Posts: 2,063
Also you stand to gain nothing from boarding with pax in a different cabin anyway and the plane isn't leaving any earlier either. Just wait 5 more minutes until the people who paid more are on.
Aug 9, 2018, 9:27 pm
#69
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AFKL Flying Blue Platinum Ultimate, Marriott Bonvoy Ambassador Elite
Posts: 369
As far as I know, Ultimate passengers are entitled for pre-boarding (so formally before Zone 1), but as many other Ultimate benefits it is applied in an inconsistent way.
Aug 10, 2018, 12:06 am
#70
FlyerTalk Evangelist
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Location: Paris, France
Programs: AF/KL Flying Blue Platinum for life/Club2000 Ultimate, Accor ALL Diamond
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Aug 10, 2018, 12:58 pm
#71
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Milwaukee
Programs: AA Pl, KL Platinum for Life
Posts: 384
It also takes a lot of money to fly business or first. Money that you didn't pay with your economy ticket.
Also you stand to gain nothing from boarding with pax in a different cabin anyway and the plane isn't leaving any earlier either. Just wait 5 more minutes until the people who paid more are on.
Also you stand to gain nothing from boarding with pax in a different cabin anyway and the plane isn't leaving any earlier either. Just wait 5 more minutes until the people who paid more are on.
Last edited by Lakeviewsteve; Aug 10, 2018 at 1:01 pm Reason: grammar.
Aug 13, 2018, 10:28 pm
#74
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: SJC / SFO
Programs: Flying Blue Platinum; Marriott Bonvoy Platinum; Hilton Gold
Posts: 785
Aug 14, 2018, 3:54 pm
#75
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: London
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Sometimes on oneworld I board a 747 where every man and his dog has priority boarding. Great, but if I’m in F, or deliberately boarded at the back of J, it’s a little bit annoying to be waiting in a priority queue of 300 people. And if I bought a dirt cheap Y ticket, I don’t see why I should be in the way of a person like you who bought a full fare F ticket.
Personally I would sort by cabin then by status.
