New "improved" secret formula for A-List Boarding Pass ranking
Apr 8, 2011, 5:05 pm
#31
Join Date: Feb 2008
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One more data point.
TPA-BNA, tomorrow, a Saturday, so may be low on business anything except me. A-16 yet again. Paid $134 WGA.
Whatever the new algorithm I like it. Worst I've seen is one A-19.
TPA-BNA, tomorrow, a Saturday, so may be low on business anything except me. A-16 yet again. Paid $134 WGA.
Whatever the new algorithm I like it. Worst I've seen is one A-19.
Apr 11, 2011, 11:06 am
#35
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,832
A+ BP: B6?
I know there is another thread covering AL+ formulas, etc, but I thought this might be interesting. I booked an AT fare last week to HOU and I just checked in and got B6. Really??? All 15 BS seats were sold and there are 50 other AL+ folks in front of me?
Last edited by texashoser; Apr 11, 2011 at 11:22 am
Apr 11, 2011, 11:38 am
#36
Join Date: Mar 2011
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BTW, called up their customer relations group and was told that it did appear something went wrong and they were forwarding the request onto their IT department. The good news is that they are sending me a $50 travel voucher for the inconvenience. 
Perhaps all the bugs have not been worked out in their auto-seat assignment system post-conversion.
Perhaps all the bugs have not been worked out in their auto-seat assignment system post-conversion.
Apr 11, 2011, 11:48 am
#37
Join Date: Apr 2010
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A1-A15 are only given to BS tickets. If no one buys BS, then the first BP# is A16. Now, that doesn't mean it is not surprising that your BP# was not higher.
Apr 11, 2011, 12:51 pm
#38
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Apr 11, 2011, 12:56 pm
#39
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: STL
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BTW, called up their customer relations group and was told that it did appear something went wrong and they were forwarding the request onto their IT department. The good news is that they are sending me a $50 travel voucher for the inconvenience.
Perhaps all the bugs have not been worked out in their auto-seat assignment system post-conversion.
Perhaps all the bugs have not been worked out in their auto-seat assignment system post-conversion.
Apr 11, 2011, 4:08 pm
#40
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Its encourging to know that this may have been a fluke and we shouldn't worry about our boarding positions just yet. You have to wonder however, at what point does WN fix these bugs and deliver the benefits they communicated about in the months leading up to the launch of RR 2.0? I have been lucky enough to see an improvement in my boarding numbers, buit others have not been so lucky.
I've heard a few others that had this problem today as well. It's possible that they scrub the database for flights for boarding/auto-check using batches of jobs throughout the day. It's possible one of those jobs didn't fire properly and all those flights that were to run in that job didn't get their auto-check in PAX actually checked in.
Apr 11, 2011, 9:45 pm
#41
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Oakland, CA
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Could there have been a lot of connecting passengers? Actually that brings up an interesting question about the new formula (come to think of it, I'm not really sure if I knew how this worked under the old formula). Can connecting passengers without A or A+ status and without EBCI wind up with a better BP on their 2nd flight than a non-connecting passenger with A or A+ status? Or does the 36 hour sweep of the A, A+ and EBCI boarding passes mitigate this possibility?
Apr 11, 2011, 9:47 pm
#42
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Could there have been a lot of connecting passengers? Actually that brings up an interesting question about the new formula (come to think of it, I'm not really sure if I knew how this worked under the old formula). Can connecting passengers without A or A+ status and without EBCI wind up with a better BP on their 2nd flight than a non-connecting passenger with A or A+ status? Or does the 36 hour sweep of the A, A+ and EBCI boarding passes mitigate this possibility?
Apr 17, 2011, 9:55 am
#43
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Just when I thought I had it figured out
cheap WGA fare booked several weeks ago on a flight that usually has at least 10 commuters on it & I get A16. Not complaining, of course, but I haven't been getting A16 since the transition. I was expecting more like A25 or thereabouts. I'm A+ & CP.
Apr 18, 2011, 9:27 am
#44
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: STL
Programs: Hhonors Diamond, Southwest A-list Preferred, Delta Million Miler
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Was thrilled to get A16 on my weekly STL-PHL run Sunday night. Only 3 BS PAX in front of me (GA actually anounced we only had 3 BS PAX). As the 3 BS PAX began to board 4 line jumpers (2 of which had A23 and A24 cut in line and boarded. GA did nothing. I jumper took the LUX seat, the other 2 exit windows. These are the seats that I covet. Had to sit in a regular window seat. I realize that I still got a window seat towards the front of the plane, but in all fairness I should have had a crack at the exit rows. Since WN doesn't have a first class, those seats are my first class and I fly 75+ segements a year to earn enough status to try and sit there. I'm at a loss at this point.
Apr 18, 2011, 10:59 am
#45
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I got A31 today on a flight that only had 93 passengers. That's a high percentage of commuters!