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Old Dec 13, 2015 | 7:10 am
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Originally Posted by windchaser777
Well if you check in online and print out the boarding pass, it's redundant to then go to the travel agents, since there's nothing they are able to do with the ticket. It then all comes under the airline's powers.

I think you need to do whatever you believe will reduce the amount of stress that you seem to be having with regard to this.

Meanwhile, I'm sitting on the train from Turku to Helsinki after enjoying the Northern Lights in Rovaniemi all stress free because I don't care about having all my tickets on one booking.
Hey thank you for your feedback

First of all good for you to visit rovaniemi and the lights. It's rather a magical place and relaxing place. One day all this won't be the same with the concern for the climate change in the future.

Ok well the reason why i wan to print out the boarding pass tickets to be the first one to do it starting that 48 to 24hour time is because in my booking from qantas to singapore i can't view or select a preference seat as well as my return by qantas.

But the rest of the other flights flybe/airberlin/FINNAIR has my preference seat/request. So this is why i want to get up on time look at the time and be just one of the very first person to then free enough able to for ones see the qantas maping seat and select a seat.

They say that if you wait alittle longer or hours later after that 24hour time every minute and or every hour people are already selecting thier preference seat. So i in this case i don't want to miss out. I'm rather fuzzy when it comes to this. I want to see enough of open seats so i can quickly select and lock it in for my booking.

If i was to wait hours later or 10 hours before travel i might still be able to select a seat (maybe) but the chance are (limited options) because the passangers already selected thier seats and if theres a seat i wanted it may already be taken. Usually people would select a window preference seat. So in this case i have to be quick at it. I just prefer a perfect travel i know all this is not super urgent at all... but i just like to have the very best travel and preference seating.

Ok so i am more likely to print out the boarding pass tickets 48 or 24hour before travel and print it out from home. I be watching the time for this.

But i will still go to the travel agency to... whatever i am suppose to get from him.. documentation whatever he is on about. I think what he is trying to say is (your itinerary) Where it shows the times and flight numbers on a paper. Usually they give that out a day before travel i think.. because most airlines not only FINNAIR but any airline can change the time at the very last minute believe it or not.

So i print out the boarding pass tickets.... But i will still go to the travel agency to him 2 hours after i printed out the tickets. You said to me something it's redundant to then go to the travel agents What do you mean by that ? So like i said i print out the tickets from home. 2 hours later i go to the travel agency... and do what ? he might just give me a new iternary perhaps but thats just information only right ? Its not like he will print out tickets when i already have done so from home.

Its no point for me to wait a few hours on that 24h timing just to visit the travel agency because like i said because of the actual qantas will open the seat map selection and if i wait a few hours just to get to him there will be very limited options to select a seat of my preference on the economy. So yeah.

Your opinion to this please ?

I was just more thinking just visit the travel agency a day before travel. But print out the boarding pass tickets 48 or 24hour before travel from home and then on that day last day before travel i will visit the travel agency... But i don't no what to say or do when i get there.. All they going to know is ive printed the tickets. But does it really matter if they do it or i do it from home ? it all shows up the same stuff on paper aniways.

I think if i go to the travel agency a week before travel.... (maybe) then perhaps that ternary may be in risk of unexpected changes by FINNAIR with the time slot and so on at the very last day before i travel.. if that happens i will end up having a outdated ilternary just because finnair changes the time in one of the flights.. But thats just a consumption theory to what may happen or may not if lucky. As you are and everyone os away airlines to change things around at the very last minute of travel and you want to have the latest information update on paper and or on screen.

Thanks Sorry i wrote a lot there. I will do my best next round to minise my questions. Thanks boys.
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