Thread: Nonreving on direct flights on DL

So my parents and I are going to nonrev to Kona on DL since we heard it was going to be discontinued. On the way back, we want to take the through flight to ATL. I have heard stories where people on through flights get priority boarding over other nonrevs. I know there is going to be a big list for SLC-ATL and the flight is going to fill up and I know we aren't going to be first on the list (1998) so I really would like to know this. I have heard stories of buddies traveling ATL-LAX-HNL and the buddies who traveled the ATL-LAX portion got first on LAX-HNL while other employees got coach. Is this true??