Did you see where the levels of donations determined the maximum number of priority seats you were allocated? Say everyone in your group wanted that number or less and your entire group wanted to be seated together so you submitted the forms together. Well, how should that group of forms be treated so that the ENTIRE group of seats are given priority seating while not contradicting the RCAF donation amount ... you take the lowest RCAF donatation amount for the group of forms ... that does bump you down if you donated more. So there really isn't anything for you to learn ... but you need your buddies to up their amounts if they want to sit with/near you.