Originally Posted by
Flame3601
I haven't had a remote stand in DXB for quite a while now , when flying Y. So if you are silver/gold you get J bus and Plat First bus or is is Y all the way. I should know this but every time i get remote stand i am in F/J
In my experience at GVA and DXB as a Gold and now as Silver, it's the Y bus. One reason seems to be that the Y bus boards (for a 777 at least) from the back of the aircraft while F/J uses the front stairs.
Originally Posted by
cargueiro
Not all airports are the same and some lack even the most basic facilities. In airports which lack facilities and have large volumes of Skywards members, some benefits have to be withdrawn as if you can only rent three check in counters during your check in period - and have an aircraft with 1st, J and Y config (like EK does), your 1st and J class counter will not be very premium if you have hoardes of Golds and Silvers trying to check in at them along with the revenue pax.
Understood, but I doubt GVA falls into this category. While not nearly as big as DXB (LHR, AMS, etc), it's a reasonably sized and recently renovated airport with all the bells and whistles. There were, for example, 8 check-in desks for the single 777 flight, with two for J/Silver/Gold and one for F/Plat; these weren't very busy when check-in opened, while the queues for online check-in and regular Y were quite long. As a Silver (and previously Gold) I have no complaint about check-in, just the boarding process.