Just an observation: there is a distinct difference between the passengers I’m flying with today versus those I’ve flown with the past few days. Weekend passengers carry much less on board the plane except a higher incidence of shopping bags and souvenir items of odd sizes. Also on weekends the boarding process for frequent flyers is different. It seems that your chances for upgrading are better since when they call for early boarding, there’s a few people who look like frequent flyers, but they are vastly outnumbered by those boarding with children who need a little extra time.

Now, contrast that with weekday travel where the passengers are more likely carrying their luggage on board with them (a defective gene in the makeup of the stereotype frequent flyer) since leisure travelers have been taught over the years to check their luggage. Also, when early boarding is called, half the waiting area rises to get on board, each flashing some sort of rare metal colored card along with their drivers license. Yes, during the weekday most of those flying the peak flights are frequent flyers.

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