Priority Boarding for Star Silver?
Oct 8, 2011 | 1:21 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,186
Priority Boarding for Star Silver?
I'm going to be a Premiere on UA and thought that Priority Boarding is available for *S members, but it doesn;t appear so. *S seems to offer very little in terms of benefits. I'd appreciate at least priority boaridng but i guess not.
Oct 8, 2011 | 1:27 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SEA/ORD/ADB
Programs: TK ELPL (*G), AS 100K (OWE), BA Gold (OWE), Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat
Posts: 7,774
It's not a published benifit, but many gate agents announce *S during preboarding anyway. Some airlines give you a lower zone for *S.
Oct 8, 2011 | 12:43 pm
#3
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: CHI / SFO
Programs: UA*G, AC*S, Marriott LTP, National Exec
Posts: 3,893
As said, priority boarding is not an official *S benefit, in line with other bottom-tier elites like OW Ruby. However since UA sells the Premier Travel product, they are pretty much the only airline to have *S boarding. On busy flights on UA I usually hear a "2P/CO*S/Premier Travel/*S" boarding call after the usual F/GS/1K/Pres etc. If the plane is going out half empty, they sometimes just call all the *G and above on at once.
I've never seen priority *S boarding on LH, LX, AC, US, SQ, CA, OZ or NH. However, I'm usually on the plane at *G boarding so I wouldn't know for sure what happens outside. I think TK might have priority *S boarding.
I've never seen priority *S boarding on LH, LX, AC, US, SQ, CA, OZ or NH. However, I'm usually on the plane at *G boarding so I wouldn't know for sure what happens outside. I think TK might have priority *S boarding.
Oct 14, 2011 | 8:34 pm
#5
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Redwood City, CA USA (SFO/SJC)
Programs: Various between 2p & 1K, currently Gold
Posts: 8,889
Having said that, when I was *S, wherever I flew on *A metal, my boarding zone was never last. There may not have been a specific roll call, but you still boarded before non-elites.