Originally Posted by
akl_cat
For many other airlines that might be the case. I have had SEQ 001 before. Whereas for NZ it’s done alphabetically, if you try OLCI for yourself and others (with diff last name) on the same PNR at the same time you will see your numbers are vastly different, and always in the order or your surname initial alphabets.
Yes, in contrast to what NZ do, many other airlines use the sequence number to determine check-in order.
I have quite a few boarding passes with 001 from where I was first to check-in with OLCI.