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Old Mar 26, 2016, 6:03 pm
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Originally Posted by nsx
All A-List Preferred members are assigned boarding numbers before A-List members get their numbers. An A-List Preferred member will always get a better number than all A-List members unless the reservation is made after the 36-hour deadline or something abnormal happens.
Seems pretty clear to me.
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Old Mar 26, 2016, 7:35 pm
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Originally Posted by smmrfld
Seems pretty clear to me.
Would be to everyone if the airline put it in an accessible format.

What possible reason would they have to keep it secret?
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Old Mar 26, 2016, 7:40 pm
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I received the promo for A-List status. I have been the last 'elite' in line each flight, so the promo shouldn't be effecting other, non-promo elites.
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Old Mar 26, 2016, 11:35 pm
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Originally Posted by AlexM125
I received the promo for A-List status. I have been the last 'elite' in line each flight, so the promo shouldn't be effecting other, non-promo elites.
That may be true, but I think your sample is too small to prove it. Were your fares all WGA? Perhaps an AT fare would rank higher.
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Old Mar 27, 2016, 12:36 am
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Without it being stated publically, and the best reference being a customer service message from 5 years ago, it's possible that the algorithm has changed, perhaps more than once.
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Old Mar 27, 2016, 5:52 am
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Originally Posted by rsteinmetz70112
That may be true, but I think your sample is too small to prove it. Were your fares all WGA? Perhaps an AT fare would rank higher.
All WGA fares. I do agree it's a small sample but I like to think WN has some sense by putting these "promo-elites" last.

The real test will be once I become a true A-Lister after my flight tomorrow. I'll report back in mid April if and when I can sneak some peaks at other boarding passes while in line!
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Old Mar 30, 2016, 1:30 pm
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Originally Posted by ursine1
I didn't realize that it was definitively known that A+ gets priority.
Yes, it is definitely known. BS, then A+, then A, then EB, then the rest.

What is not known with certainty is how those within A+ and A get their boarding position in relation to their peers.
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Old Mar 30, 2016, 2:03 pm
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Originally Posted by hiker72
Yes, it is definitely known. BS, then A+, then A, then EB, then the rest.

What is not known with certainty is how those within A+ and A get their boarding position in relation to their peers.
How is this definitely known?
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Old Mar 30, 2016, 2:06 pm
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I fly WGA RR redemptions as an A+ often--even on Monday mornings and Thursday afternoons with all the other business travelers. I know I'm only an n=1, but I get A16 at least 50% and >A20 99% of the time. I also fly A TON of full fare BS. Maybe that's a big driver of why my boarding positions are so high?
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Old Mar 30, 2016, 2:10 pm
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Originally Posted by ursine1
How is this definitely known?
Here it is on this page

A-List Preferred Members receive the highest priority in the A-List boarding process.
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Old Mar 30, 2016, 2:28 pm
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Ah, thanks! Finally, an official reference.
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Old Apr 15, 2016, 7:22 pm
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Originally Posted by ursine1
How is this definitely known?
You like to doubt me.

It is definitely known by those with ALP. Pretty much common knowledge by those that fly WN frequently. Also proved by the link earlier posted.
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Old Apr 15, 2016, 8:07 pm
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See my post directly above yours.
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Old Apr 16, 2016, 9:53 am
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Originally Posted by ursine1
See my post directly above yours.
Yessir!
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Old Apr 16, 2016, 9:45 pm
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Thanks to all for crediting me for finding the official confirmation!
It wasn't that hard and had anyone else botherered they could have found it themselves!
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