Swiss International Airlines - Strange "boarding pass"

Hi,

what does it mean if a boarding card shows just "ECONOMY STBY" and has no seat assignment? Does that mean that I probably won't fly?

It also has a text "OKIO/YC" under ECONOMY, that I'm curious about... and it says TKNE in front of the ticket number, instead of the normal ETKT (this is an electronic ticket though)...

You probably won't get many replies here, as most in this forum are at least FTL or SEN, or we (think or act like we) own the company, so this should be what happens less frequently the more you travel.

My somewhat educated guess is that:
a) yes, it could happen that you're not flying as you though you would.
I would also guess that since they do let you check in, it's likely that it's a matter of space that prevents you from getting a seat. (vs. the flight being cancelled or delayed)

b) "OKIO" looks like your priority. ("OK" probably identifying that your reservation shows as confirmed, but "IO" I cannot say.)

c) "YC" would be the classes you might end up in. Y being your booked class and C the alternative. This would normally be all available classes on the aircraft, so I assume your flight only has Y&C but no F.
However, this does not mean a lot, as groundstaff will likely still look for the odd HON or SEN to upgrade before they upgrade someone without status.

I hope this has all ended up nicely with you being on the right plane.

I actually have FTL status. This turned out to be an upgrade to C class, intra-europe so there was no F class available. So this worked out nicely for me.

I had something similar with LH at FRA once when I still had FTL status. It also ended up being an upgrade (on a flight to CAI no less!).

But when I first saw the boarding pass I was very annoyed, especially since I had bagged the exit row in Y for that flight (30K on the A343) via telephone check-in.