A-Listers, what's the worst boarding position you've received?
#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
Edit: Yes, assuming T-36 booking
Last edited by Fred8901; May 25, 2022 at 7:14 pm
#11
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 4,845
#12
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATL
Programs: DL GM, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 1,238
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!
#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.
#15
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.