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There has to be a middle ground here.

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One other consequence of not letting families get on first is that if the flight is full and they are in group C, there's a decent chance that they wouldnt be able to sit together.

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These families, if they don't have an 'A' pass, now board after the 'A' group.

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Families are still getting preferential treatment, just not most preferred status, a family with C or B is promoted to B+/A-. After the A group, the back of the plane is still wide open.

Southwest seems to have found your middle ground. I applaud their innovation.

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Didnt read that part so closely, did I? Nice catch.

Even though my families cant sit together argument may not hold any longer, it is still a very likely possibility that someone in the A group already on the plane will get hit with a car seat. That's probably a minor inconvenience, but it will happen (I speak from experience both as the one lugging the seat down the aisle and as one who has been hit by a seat before).

Also, cant you get an A board group just by checking in online the day before? That seems to defeat the "I got here first so I should be able to get on first" theory since you can get there right before the A group gets on and still get on in front of families.

I still like my solution of the family area being behind row 15 or something like that and allowing families to board first.