<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (29Palms @ Jun 15 2009, 07:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>
Sounds pretty cool, but I think this may be somewhat not so good news to the parents. Now, they gotta compete with mother in laws for instance. It&#39;s good for everyone else I suppose.[/b]
29Palms ... When CO introduced this facility, did they not assign a priority code to the new eligibles which would place them below employee/spouse?
With us, we are boarded upon seniority including retirees.
Employees with spouse/domestic partner are an 8A, so top of the pile + 1 companion still an 8A. + 2 companions 8B.
Spouse/Domestic partner on their own 8A.
Spouse/Domestic partner with 1 companion 8B.
Employee + spouse/domestic partner + parents 8A.
BP9 - Star Alliance Carrier = You, soon
Companions without employee - 8C.
BP10 - All OAL
UA recently introduced a facility where we could nominate a &#39; buddy &#39; which we can change once a year, but this facility is extended to employees without a spouse/domestic partner. They travel on their own with the same priority as the employee, 8A, but cannot go above C class. With the employee they retain the 8A and all cabins are available.
By and large, I think it&#39;s well structured ... the key is always seniority. Mail boy/girl or Manager, if the mail boy/girl has been with the company longer, they are boarded first and in their choice of cabin, if available.