I work at the airport/for the airline. You're wrong.
Apr 17, 2017, 5:19 pm
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Also makes it fun when they have a doc check prior to calling boarding. Most of the time you get a paper BP anyway, even if you have a mobile one.
Beats having them stamp your phone I guess.
Beats having them stamp your phone I guess.
Apr 17, 2017, 7:27 pm
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Doesn't the system allow airports agents to print BPs at T-12h (without any overriding / "special handling") regardless of the date of your flight?
Apr 17, 2017, 10:34 pm
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Apr 18, 2017, 8:26 am
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Originally Posted by smallmj
Also, there's no way to have BP's for the whole family on 1 phone is there. That makes paper the only way.
Apr 19, 2017, 10:54 am
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Apr 19, 2017, 2:04 pm
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Apr 19, 2017, 2:07 pm
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Apr 19, 2017, 2:12 pm
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Apr 19, 2017, 3:04 pm
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Quite possibly true. But this is an AC forum so I thought I'd add my two cents. LH's IT is of course far superior to AC.
As zrh2yvr has pointed out though I am clearly in the wrong because I don't work at the airport so know nothing.
I wonder if airport employees have all this information added into their brains on day 1 in some matrix style plug-in process.
What happens when they leave, is the information removed?
As zrh2yvr has pointed out though I am clearly in the wrong because I don't work at the airport so know nothing.
I wonder if airport employees have all this information added into their brains on day 1 in some matrix style plug-in process.
What happens when they leave, is the information removed?
Apr 19, 2017, 10:03 pm
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The reply was, "The flight's not open for check-in yet, can you wait a moment while I get someone to open it?" She disappeared for a moment to the concierge office and emerged with my boarding pass.
From this I conclude that, yes, YMMV, but if an agent asserts that they can't do it before T-12, they're probably telling the truth.
Apr 19, 2017, 11:09 pm
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A couple of weeks ago, on my way home through YVR, I asked to check-in for the following morning's flight at T-13 hours.
The reply was, "The flight's not open for check-in yet, can you wait a moment while I get someone to open it?" She disappeared for a moment to the concierge office and emerged with my boarding pass.
From this I conclude that, yes, YMMV, but if an agent asserts that they can't do it before T-12, they're probably telling the truth.
The reply was, "The flight's not open for check-in yet, can you wait a moment while I get someone to open it?" She disappeared for a moment to the concierge office and emerged with my boarding pass.
From this I conclude that, yes, YMMV, but if an agent asserts that they can't do it before T-12, they're probably telling the truth.
It is exceptionally rare for me to be able to get the first segment on a PNR checked in before T-12 by an agent. In fact, I'm not sure if I've ever been able to do it.
But if I've checked in through some other means, I've never had them fail to print a boarding pass at any time of day, once they actually try.
Apr 20, 2017, 1:17 am
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Apr 20, 2017, 5:47 am
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Oh my gee golly jolly cheese whiz!
A friend of a friend of a friend got their BP printed for a flight T-20 hours for the following day!
When will this insanity end?
A friend of a friend of a friend got their BP printed for a flight T-20 hours for the following day!
When will this insanity end?
Apr 20, 2017, 9:54 am
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It won't. As long as some people complain about not being able to receive what others can. As long as humans offer different opinions on whether or not something arcane can be achieved. As long as there's room for interpretation on rules and policies that in the grand scheme of things - matter not one whit.
Apr 20, 2017, 9:56 am
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Precisely. And I will take advantage of this again tonight when I get back to FRA and print my BP for tomorrow's LH470. I will also try to get a paper BP for my connecting AC flight YYZ-YQB from the LH check-in kiosk.