07-10-2018
10:32 AM
07-10-2018
10:32 AM
I just had this happen to me (also A-List Preferred with Companion Pass) for the very first time on a family vacation that I booked with points close to 2 months in advance. In my case, I got B-20 a flight to PHX. So is it concievable that there at least 45 (excluding Business Select A1-A15) other A-list Preferred on this flight that booked as far in advance as I did? Plus another 19 people who got assigned ahead of me in the B boarding group? So while it may happen if you book within 36 hours, I was taken aback that it happened on a reservation booked so far in advance. I can't think of any scenario where this should have happened in my case. It's a really nice benefit for A-listers who don't get an A boarding pass to board after the A boarding group, that doesn't help much when you're also travelling with family. That's the other part of my story. I purchased early-bird check-in for the rest of my family (so that I don't have to try to save seats) and they got B boarding group as well. I realize early-bird doesn't guarantee you A boarding group, but it's happens more often than not. For whatever reason the travel gods were not kind to me and I got a double whammy of not getting any of us in the A group. That's the oddity of it. As you noted, the only thing I can do is to possibly purchase upgraded boarding.
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