Surprised at the size of Zone 1 boarding
Mar 14, 2006, 9:00 pm
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United does Global Services and First class and then zone 1. The lines are also very long at United. I was on a 777 and there was over a 100 people in zone 1.
Mar 15, 2006, 7:49 am
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The entire idea of CPs and Paid F only in zone one is to reduce the number of people in that zone - Much like UA does with F and UGS. Perhaps F, US1 and the new Plat would make sense as gold seems to be the largest group. It would stink for Gold's who flew their miles, but I guess that's the price the airline has to pay for manufacturing so many.
Mar 15, 2006, 8:00 am
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i as a gp who flew 60k pref miles support fast tracks to a certain extent after all a fast track got us hooked to us airways big time!
Originally Posted by McFlyPHL
The entire idea of CPs and Paid F only in zone one is to reduce the number of people in that zone - Much like UA does with F and UGS. Perhaps F, US1 and the new Plat would make sense as gold seems to be the largest group. It would stink for Gold's who flew their miles, but I guess that's the price the airline has to pay for manufacturing so many.
Mar 15, 2006, 8:04 am
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Originally Posted by carl92103
United does Global Services and First class and then zone 1. The lines are also very long at United. I was on a 777 and there was over a 100 people in zone 1.
The need for a re-vamped boarding system is doubly true on TA flights. As it currently stands there's no Envoy Class pre-board --- it's the same Zone 1 and 2 all at once thing. This seems like a pretty easy (a/k/a it's not going to cost much money, if any) problem to fix.
Mar 15, 2006, 9:31 am
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Originally Posted by PremiumSeat
Yes. If you are FC on UA, your boarding pass does not have a zone number on it (I am guessing the same is true if you're UGS). As such, UA always does a FC and UGS only pre-board and they enforce it --- if you don't have an FC or UGS boarding pass you get told to wait your turn and asked to step aside -- I've seen it happen on UA many times. Then UA begins with Zone 1 (which can be large); Zone 2, etc. I'm not saying the UA system is perfect, but it is better than US. US just needs to bring back an F pre-board where you must be holding an F boarding pass to board and then go by zone. Alternatively, the making Zone 1 CP and F ONLY (and enforcing that), as suggested by another poster, sounds o.k. too.
The need for a re-vamped boarding system is doubly true on TA flights. As it currently stands there's no Envoy Class pre-board --- it's the same Zone 1 and 2 all at once thing. This seems like a pretty easy (a/k/a it's not going to cost much money, if any) problem to fix.
The need for a re-vamped boarding system is doubly true on TA flights. As it currently stands there's no Envoy Class pre-board --- it's the same Zone 1 and 2 all at once thing. This seems like a pretty easy (a/k/a it's not going to cost much money, if any) problem to fix.
I believe that will happen when they adopt the HP boarding... F will be first.. then Zone 1..etc....
Mar 15, 2006, 10:32 am
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Originally Posted by kinglobjaw
i as a gp who flew 60k pref miles support fast tracks to a certain extent after all a fast track got us hooked to us airways big time!
Mar 15, 2006, 4:19 pm
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I am so tired of "zone one, zone 2" immediately. If i would fly once a year but own a US credit card I would be one of th 90% of the plane in 2. Keep it F, then 1, THEN 2 I feel! You should board at ABE, it is a little place, but US has 319 service once daily out of there. I was in line, f, and some guy in front of me had ZONE 4! The ga left him past and smiled!
Mar 15, 2006, 6:00 pm
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Originally Posted by kinglobjaw
That would not work, because Zone 1 is ALL STAR GOLD, and ALL STAR GOLD will include CP,PP, and GP. Zone 2 will be SP and DM Mastercard, and DM Visa
This is a hypothetical discussion...
Anything would work.
Mar 15, 2006, 8:25 pm
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Originally Posted by PremiumSeat
Yes. If you are FC on UA, your boarding pass does not have a zone number on it (I am guessing the same is true if you're UGS). As such, UA always does a FC and UGS only pre-board and they enforce it --- if you don't have an FC or UGS boarding pass you get told to wait your turn and asked to step aside -- I've seen it happen on UA many times. Then UA begins with Zone 1 (which can be large); Zone 2, etc. I'm not saying the UA system is perfect, but it is better than US. US just needs to bring back an F pre-board where you must be holding an F boarding pass to board and then go by zone. Alternatively, the making Zone 1 CP and F ONLY (and enforcing that), as suggested by another poster, sounds o.k. too.
The need for a re-vamped boarding system is doubly true on TA flights. As it currently stands there's no Envoy Class pre-board --- it's the same Zone 1 and 2 all at once thing. This seems like a pretty easy (a/k/a it's not going to cost much money, if any) problem to fix.
The need for a re-vamped boarding system is doubly true on TA flights. As it currently stands there's no Envoy Class pre-board --- it's the same Zone 1 and 2 all at once thing. This seems like a pretty easy (a/k/a it's not going to cost much money, if any) problem to fix.
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Mar 16, 2006, 11:07 am
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Originally Posted by EnvoyBoy
Yes! Yes! Yes!
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Mar 16, 2006, 11:48 am
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Then in the suggestion being discussed, you would board in zone 2. Just as you would on UA. (though UA calls it zone 1, it actually boards second.)
no gp deserves z1 because its *G
Originally Posted by McFlyPHL
Originally Posted by kinglobjaw
i as a gp who flew 60k pref miles support fast tracks to a certain extent after all a fast track got us hooked to us airways big time!
Mar 17, 2006, 2:04 pm
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Originally Posted by McFlyPHL
How many "pseudo-elites" did the summer promo's generate? Seems like everyone was a US2 from what I could see.
The second problem is limited bin space. I've noticed this more on the older planes. Even in first class they fill up quickly. So you get the crowding in the boarding area as a result.
Mar 17, 2006, 3:05 pm
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Originally Posted by kinglobjaw
no gp deserves z1 because its *G
Mar 17, 2006, 3:06 pm
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Originally Posted by kinglobjaw
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no gp deserves z1 because its *G
no gp deserves z1 because its *G
Mar 17, 2006, 3:08 pm
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Originally Posted by ontheroadps
The second problem is limited bin space. I've noticed this more on the older planes. Even in first class they fill up quickly. So you get the crowding in the boarding area as a result.
Perhaps if airlines fixed baggage issues and delvery times people would carry on less. Depending on the number of elites, they could also sell >1 carry on (inclusive of a personal item) and make it a free perk to elites. Alternately, they could adopt an LH intra-Europe policy that limits carry ons by weight.