djk7

Had a real batch of comedians on the first flight, one FA announced it as the spider flight, 6 hairy legs (all male FAs). Tho it was only two hairy legs that I could tell, one FA had pants on, and another definitely was a shaver. But as one of those who appreciate a bit of humor, I enjoyed the creative boarding announcements and the ad libbing during the briefing.

I agree that this is atypical from MCO too, the exit rows are usually wide open even if I get A-30 or so. Both flights on this trip were unusual in that the first few pax went straight to the exit rows.

kennycrudup

Yeah, the Business Types (straight outta central casting ) on my Monday SNA-SFO commutes always have those snagged (they're usually BS/A+(?) too and on first).

mvoight

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2) On both flights A-2 seemed put out when I took the A-1 spot, did I make some major breach of WN etiquette? On the second flight, the guy wasn't lined up behind or even next to the A-1 post, he was a step and a half in front of it.
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If you have A-1, you are entitled to board before A-2. This should be the easiest position to line up for, you simply place yourself in front of anyone in the A line, even if they are a step and a half in front of it.... They have no valid complaint if you go before them.

DelrayChris

Boarding passes are numbered for a reason? What is it with people who do not "get" the concept? When I fly SW and am fortunate enough to get A-1, I simply say, "pardon me," and go to the front of the line.

I would have reported it to the FA.

TheRoadie

There are those who claim that the 5-position sections are sufficiently granular, and if you're in the 1-5 "group" it's close enough. No need to sort it out WITHIN the group.

Of course, those are the folks who SHOULD be in positions 2-5 of the group.

Selfish is as selfish does.

kennycrudup

Yeah, OK- I've had "Slot #1" many times (even A-1) and couldn't care less as long as I'm within my group somewhere. You wanna deride someone, snicker at the guys I see who line up even before the arriving flight has opened its door.

FLYERIL

Why do you want seat 22D?

kennycrudup

It's the last right-hand aisle seat that's not at the rear bulkhead on WN flights; provided it's not a "sardine" flight, I usually will have at least the middle to myself by the time they close the door.

The practice came from when I used to fly the legacies for leisure travel, where those rows tend to be unoccupied last as well. Some people have a thing for the front of the plane, but unless I'm in UA E+ (which I just got access to; it's too bad I don't fly UA ) a Y seat is a Y seat, AFAIC (and Exit Rows don't mean much to me if I can, at 6'3", be able to get my legs all the way under the forward seat and my knees still not hit the seatback in front of me).

SpeedyDelivery

Sorry to dig up a 2 year old thread, but I had the opportunity to test this buying 2 BS tickets on different PNRs. Despite purchasing my ticket first (several weeks in advance) and having A-List, my non status travel companion got A1 when I checked her in first at T-24.

Looks like the Wiki should indeed be changed.

smmrfld

I've been convinced since WN first started offering BS that their super-secret algorithm is actually just the same chronological system as their other boarding processes. Expecting WN's IT folks to develop anything more advanced, such as boarding order based on status, etc. is simply an exercise in futility.

longhorn11

Forgive me if I'm missing something (it's been a long day) but since sigma was A-list, WN should have checked him in T-36. So this scenario makes absolutely no sense, as he bought his ticket earlier and should have been checked in 12 hours before.

smmrfld

What doesn't make sense? The OP doesn't state his/her boarding number, and it doesn't matter. The other pax mentioned in the post, who has no status, received A-1. This leads one to surmise that WN's algorithm doesn't account for status when assigning BS boarding positions, when, in fact, many of us think it should.

longhorn11

He bought 2 BS tickets, given that A-list should have checked him in 36 hours prior, how did his 2nd ticket (T-24) end up with a higher boarding position? Obviously he got something worse than A-1. I get the status part, and I'm in agreement that it should count for something.

InkUnderNails

First, when one is A-List and buys BS, the A-list status is bypassed and one simply get puts somewhere in the first 15 positions.

Second, There may also be a serendipitous late purchase effect that reorders BS if a BS PAX cancels opening a BS slot. For example, at one hour before the flight A-1 cancels. At 50 minutes before the flight I walk up and buy a BS ticket. Does it put me in the empty slot? Many if not all of the people with BS have already checked in and secured their position.

That is the reason that I think that check in time is the most relevant for determining BS order. It is what would make sense. For me, I always check in at the airport as I have to and my BS numbers are usually near the end of the BS group no matter when I buy the ticket.

longhorn11

Do you still get checked in T-36? I have only flown BS a handful of times as I'm able to use WGA fares 95% of the time. The cancellation part makes sense. After I posted that, I remembered a few times where I received a decent boarding position when switching flights at the airport.