I've been on flights, for example Houston to Newark, where over half the plane, a 737, were elite passengers of one type or another. After calling elites the next call was all-rows since the elites were all clogging up the aisle throughout the aircraft and many were still queued in the jetway anyway. Believe it or not the gate agents, for the most part, know their job and how to get the plane boarded quickly so i fin some cases that means abandoning the zone scheme then so be it.
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