Nov 15, 2014, 2:15 pm
Air Canada introduces zoned boarding
May 24, 2015, 12:46 pm
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May 24, 2015, 1:25 pm
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Air Canada should either make all the changes at once and suffer a few months of chaos before things improve with consistent enforcement and audit from management, or ensure the previous change is already solidly and consistently implemented before introducing another change.
May 24, 2015, 4:13 pm
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Did a search and couldn't find the answer...
Do United 1Ks get Zone 1 boarding on AC? As an AC SE100K, I've been getting Zone 1 on UA for quite a while now.
Do United 1Ks get Zone 1 boarding on AC? As an AC SE100K, I've been getting Zone 1 on UA for quite a while now.
May 24, 2015, 4:20 pm
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May 24, 2015, 5:10 pm
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I think that if AC colour coded the BP's and made the signs match it would work a lot better. Of course that would cause chaos with printers everywhere but something similar might work better.
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May 24, 2015, 6:12 pm
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I've seen United 1Ks board with zone 1 - didn't see their boarding pass, but they had a 1K baggage tag on their carry-on. Guess Zone 1 boarding isn't being enforced properly, or 1Ks are getting an unofficial benefit like SE100Ks are on UA.
May 24, 2015, 7:23 pm
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I think the exception to this is a non-rev. I've seen a couple boarding passes left in the seat jacket pocket over the last few months that have "TL" under the name, ML*5/C2 in the Remarks, and Zone 2, despite being in J.
May 24, 2015, 8:31 pm
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May 25, 2015, 3:04 pm
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Total sh!tshow on AC718 YYZ-LGA just now.
No separate zone 1 and zone 2 signs, just 1-2 and 3-5.
The GA announces we'll be boarding zones 1 and 2.
Then they play the automated announcement where the voice says boarding zone 1.
Of course, most of the people were zone 2 and were boarded.
Come on guys, it's not that fricking hard to say "zone 1", board zone 1, then say "zone 2" and board zone 2.
On the other hand, YYC seems to handle this fine. Zone 1 boarded separately on AC140 this morning despite the same 1-2/3-5 signage and I don't recall an incident where zone 1 hasn't boarded separately in YYC.
(Although I haven't checked my own posts up-thread, perhaps I was railing a few months ago about non-compliance at YYC
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No separate zone 1 and zone 2 signs, just 1-2 and 3-5.
The GA announces we'll be boarding zones 1 and 2.
Then they play the automated announcement where the voice says boarding zone 1.
Of course, most of the people were zone 2 and were boarded.
Come on guys, it's not that fricking hard to say "zone 1", board zone 1, then say "zone 2" and board zone 2.
On the other hand, YYC seems to handle this fine. Zone 1 boarded separately on AC140 this morning despite the same 1-2/3-5 signage and I don't recall an incident where zone 1 hasn't boarded separately in YYC.
(Although I haven't checked my own posts up-thread, perhaps I was railing a few months ago about non-compliance at YYC
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May 25, 2015, 4:45 pm
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YYC was a failure today on 8551 to YYJ on a Q400 - Called zones 1 & 2 together and there were several SEs on the flight. YYJ did a great job on a Dash 8 by calling "Now boarding Zone 1 and only Zone 1"
May 25, 2015, 5:21 pm
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May 25, 2015, 5:24 pm
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Color me surprised, but I think it's finally starting to go right for me.
Another two datapoints: AC1167 on May 22nd and AC 1176 on May 24th both bang on.
Another two datapoints: AC1167 on May 22nd and AC 1176 on May 24th both bang on.
May 25, 2015, 5:56 pm
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As far as I'm concerned, unless there's some reciprocation, UA 1Ks shouldn't get any better treatment on AC than any other *G.
May 25, 2015, 6:19 pm
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A bit late, but thought I'd give my experience.
During the long weekend I flew from YYZ - YHZ.
Both flights had zones boarding with gate attendants telling people that they hadn't been called yet and to wait.
No one I saw was able to go ahead.
My question is, how do I get zone 3 consistently?
From what I could tell, they weren't boarding back to front or anything. It was random, but just by zones.
During the long weekend I flew from YYZ - YHZ.
Both flights had zones boarding with gate attendants telling people that they hadn't been called yet and to wait.
No one I saw was able to go ahead.
My question is, how do I get zone 3 consistently?
From what I could tell, they weren't boarding back to front or anything. It was random, but just by zones.
May 25, 2015, 10:23 pm
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A bit late, but thought I'd give my experience.
During the long weekend I flew from YYZ - YHZ.
Both flights had zones boarding with gate attendants telling people that they hadn't been called yet and to wait.
No one I saw was able to go ahead.
My question is, how do I get zone 3 consistently?
From what I could tell, they weren't boarding back to front or anything. It was random, but just by zones.
During the long weekend I flew from YYZ - YHZ.
Both flights had zones boarding with gate attendants telling people that they hadn't been called yet and to wait.
No one I saw was able to go ahead.
My question is, how do I get zone 3 consistently?
From what I could tell, they weren't boarding back to front or anything. It was random, but just by zones.
Maybe it was a smaller bird (I don't fly that route usually so I don't know), perhaps they omitted zone 3 as there wasn't enough people and so zone 4 became back of the bus and zone 5 was the front of Y?