Want Premier Access On United? Just Chip In $9

In my usual Google Reader skim this morning I saw this post from Angelina at Just Another Points Traveler who linked to an NBC News article which states that United will start to offer access to Premier Access lines at security, Premier check-in and Priority baggage (though who knows how often that actually works) to non-elite fliers for $9 per segment.

United says they will limit the number of people on each flight that they offer this buy up to to keep Priority lines down, but as more and more airlines start to offer these packages you have to think that the ability to use the Priority line will no longer be worth it when every other passenger has Priority on their boarding pass.

What do you think? Would you pay the $9? Does it change the value of elite status?

Angelinaz

 

Angelina

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