Go Back  FlyerTalk Forums > Miles&Points > Airlines and Mileage Programs > Southwest Airlines | Rapid Rewards
Reload this Page >

A-Listers, what's the worst boarding position you've received?

A-Listers, what's the worst boarding position you've received?

Old May 25, 2022, 6:25 pm
  #1  
Original Poster
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 5
A-Listers, what's the worst boarding position you've received?

Just pulled A-33 on an -800. Highest I've ever received. Is A-33 an outlier? Just curious.

Edit: Yes, assuming T-36 booking

Last edited by Fred8901; May 25, 2022 at 7:14 pm
Fred8901 is offline  
Old May 25, 2022, 6:27 pm
  #2  
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: ATL
Posts: 1,904
With booking prior to T-36? A-22 (AL+)
dmbolp is offline  
Old May 25, 2022, 7:56 pm
  #3  
 
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 4,845
A-21, and only once.
smmrfld is offline  
Old May 25, 2022, 10:20 pm
  #4  
 
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 96
A44 but it was around New Years in or out of Cancun, cant remember which way.
MrsWLV is offline  
Old May 25, 2022, 10:33 pm
  #5  
 
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: ORD
Posts: 82
A49 in 2 years as an A-list, A27 in 3 years as A-list Preferred

Last edited by ORDtoMEM; May 25, 2022 at 10:40 pm
ORDtoMEM is offline  
Old May 26, 2022, 1:18 am
  #6  
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: PHX
Programs: Delta 2M DM, Southwest A List and CP
Posts: 1,095
A45 or something (on an -800 LAS-PHX). I believe that fare class or fare paid has something to do with the position. This was on a V fare.
PHXflier is offline  
Old May 26, 2022, 6:55 am
  #7  
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 5,813
I got A 31 Tuesday evening. That's about as high I as I get.
rsteinmetz70112 is offline  
Old May 26, 2022, 5:27 pm
  #8  
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Programs: AS MVP 100K, DL Platinum,WN A-list, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum
Posts: 263
A45 as A-list on flights to Hawaii.

It seems there were feeder flights so whoever is on the feeder flight would be in front.
oneworld_wanderer is offline  
Old May 26, 2022, 5:52 pm
  #9  
 
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: SFO
Posts: 3,868
A-35 out of LAS.
Troopers is offline  
Old May 27, 2022, 1:12 am
  #10  
ryw
 
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATL
Programs: DL GM, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 1,238
Oh wow some of you get low numbers consistently! Flying out of OAK it's not uncommon for me to get something in the A30-45 range! Sometimes even higher than that too.
ryw is offline  
Old May 27, 2022, 8:28 am
  #11  
 
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 4,845
Originally Posted by ryw
Oh wow some of you get low numbers consistently! Flying out of OAK it's not uncommon for me to get something in the A30-45 range! Sometimes even higher than that too.
Almost all my trips originate in OAK, usually A-16 if not flying BS, occasionally A-17 and rarely higher.
smmrfld is offline  
Old May 27, 2022, 8:35 am
  #12  
ryw
 
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATL
Programs: DL GM, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 1,238
Originally Posted by smmrfld
Almost all my trips originate in OAK, usually A-16 if not flying BS, occasionally A-17 and rarely higher.
I wonder if me being A list, not A+ is part of it. Or if Im a lower value A list member - I usually qualify on flights rather than points, and it takes me almost the whole 12 months to get to the flight threshold. So if the boarding order (which as far as I know is still secret and weve never figured it out!) takes spend or flight activity into account I guess it makes sense that Im further back. At any rate, its common for me to board from the A31-60 side of the boarding posts!
ryw is offline  
Old May 27, 2022, 8:37 am
  #13  
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: STL, MO-US and A , SWA A-List, Marriott LTTE, Hilton Gold, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,883
A-60 (AL)
ALARISstl is offline  
Old May 27, 2022, 8:41 am
  #14  
 
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: ORD
Posts: 82
A coworker of mine that I travel with about a dozen times a year who is also A-List preferred consistently gets a few spots ahead of me, in fact I don't think I have ever been ahead of him. If I'm A18-19 he will be A16, If he's 18-19 I'll be low-mid 20's. We usually book at the same time so the fares are the same. The only difference is he flies a few more times per year than I do and he has CP from the credit card and I don't have the SW credit card.
jmw likes this.
ORDtoMEM is offline  
Old May 27, 2022, 10:38 am
  #15  
jmw
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: California
Posts: 1,111
A-29 is the worst I got this year when there is no last minute change involved. I got A-16 a handful of times usually with empty 5am flights on a Tuesday. A-list Preferred. On pace for A-list for next year. A-list preferred looks very unlikely at this point.
jmw is offline  

Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Manage Preferences - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

This site is owned, operated, and maintained by MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks are the property of their respective owners.