Originally Posted by bealine
I can confirm that there is a glitch in the system at the moment whereby many OLCI people cannot obtain their Boarding Passes from the self-service kiosks. The infuriating thing is that the kiosks are inhibited at random, without any obvious reasons!
However, if you are "rejected", please go straight to the "Fast Bag Drop" desks (who the heck called them that?!?) and we will gladly do the honours!!!
Exactly what happened - I couldn't remember the exact words....
Anyhow, Gatwick (apparently) is not a destination which currently operates the print your own boarding pass option.
Most of my tickets with BA currently are Iberia codeshares which cannot be checked-in online or via self service anyway. Consequently I have had no expriences of online/self service since September. My ticket to Newcastle was purchased via the website and therefore I thought all would be well!
To reiterate what I was told - and confirmed by three members of staff - 'within the last week' it appears self service will not let you you collect your boarding pass from a self service machine after checking yourself in via the internet. Maybe the problem is mainly a Gatwick issue?
Originally Posted by BahrainLad
If you say you went to the Boat you deserve a lynching.
Err... is that the one with the revolving dance floor......
Just kidding, I've heard stories about the boat - a good friend of mine recently bought a house in 'Low Fell' and invited me to stay. It was tooo cold to venture out on the Friday (for me anyhow....) - easily minus degrees late evening. Therefore we settled for a couple of bottles of Laurent Perrier (courtesy of Tesco a few weeks earlier....
) watching 'Children in Need', however we did brave the elements and go for a curry in 'The Last night of the Raj' or something which was OK - before nearly slipping over on the ice on the way back to his house!
Anyhow, I will be sure to try some of those other places the next time I go to Newcastle, thanks! ^