Tracking BA Fast Track and Priority Boarding
Jan 10, 2023, 9:47 am
#767
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: LHR
Posts: 70
BA seems to have added Fast Track security at LCA
Today both mobile and paper boarding passes were marked fast track and the checkin agent specifically highlighted it. This previously wasn’t available (in April/May/June last year)
Today both mobile and paper boarding passes were marked fast track and the checkin agent specifically highlighted it. This previously wasn’t available (in April/May/June last year)
Jan 10, 2023, 10:16 am
#768
Join Date: May 2005
Programs: BA EC Gold
Posts: 40
In case it's useful to anyone, it seems BA have added Fast Track at NCE. As mentioned by a previous poster, it was printed on a recent BP, and BA now shows on the digital sign above the Fast Track entrance...
I didn't test it as I use the Aeroport Premier line, but can't see any reason why it wouldn't work...
I didn't test it as I use the Aeroport Premier line, but can't see any reason why it wouldn't work...
Jan 22, 2023, 5:33 am
#770
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: living near Malaga
Programs: BA Gold , Mucci recipient. Coffee Drinker, Blue Sky Thinker
Posts: 2,112
Malaga. We had a blanket call for "family with children , those that need extra time plus groups 1,2 and 3"..
Half the plane surged forward including a small balding man in "power wear" toting an expensive pull along and bright white trainers. He proceded to duck under my arm to blip his boarding pass as I was just about to do mine insisting he was ahead of me. I let him pass and stood on his foot with my dirty size 11. He muttered something at me and I lent forward and apologised with a big smile. Saw him trying to clean it with the sanitizer on board. Muppet
Half the plane surged forward including a small balding man in "power wear" toting an expensive pull along and bright white trainers. He proceded to duck under my arm to blip his boarding pass as I was just about to do mine insisting he was ahead of me. I let him pass and stood on his foot with my dirty size 11. He muttered something at me and I lent forward and apologised with a big smile. Saw him trying to clean it with the sanitizer on board. Muppet
Jan 22, 2023, 6:06 am
#771
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Silver, IHG Gold
Posts: 454
I don't like how BA group 1, 2 and 3 together like that. Even if it was a call for Group 1, small gap, Group 2, small gap, Group 3, it would at least have the queue vaguely in group order.
Jan 24, 2023, 2:09 pm
#773
Join Date: Mar 2022
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 285
Malaga. We had a blanket call for "family with children , those that need extra time plus groups 1,2 and 3"..
Half the plane surged forward including a small balding man in "power wear" toting an expensive pull along and bright white trainers. He proceded to duck under my arm to blip his boarding pass as I was just about to do mine insisting he was ahead of me. I let him pass and stood on his foot with my dirty size 11. He muttered something at me and I lent forward and apologised with a big smile. Saw him trying to clean it with the sanitizer on board. Muppet
Half the plane surged forward including a small balding man in "power wear" toting an expensive pull along and bright white trainers. He proceded to duck under my arm to blip his boarding pass as I was just about to do mine insisting he was ahead of me. I let him pass and stood on his foot with my dirty size 11. He muttered something at me and I lent forward and apologised with a big smile. Saw him trying to clean it with the sanitizer on board. Muppet
Jan 24, 2023, 2:47 pm
#774
Join Date: Jan 2022
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 1,474
Interesting one from GVA tonight. They called 1.) People with children, those needing assistance, business class passengers, then 2.) Group 1, then 3.) Groups 2 & 3, etc etc...
First time I've ever seen business class called separately from group 1. No idea if it was enforced as I was in row 1 with only a backpack so no need to fight for bin space and so boarded last.
First time I've ever seen business class called separately from group 1. No idea if it was enforced as I was in row 1 with only a backpack so no need to fight for bin space and so boarded last.
Mar 28, 2023, 2:55 am
#776
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 49
LGW to MCO yesterday. Silver flying WT, so Group 2. Pre-boarding announcement said the first lot would be Gp 1 plus families with children under 2. ACTUAL boarding announcement was Gp 1 plus families with children. As this was Orlando, it was more than half the plane! We joined the tail end of the queue as we knew we would be next. The next boarding call was for groups 1, 2 and 3. So no separate call for Silver.
Assistance passengers were pre-boarded so there was no announcement for them.
Assistance passengers were pre-boarded so there was no announcement for them.
Mar 28, 2023, 11:53 am
#777
Join Date: Jan 2022
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 1,474
Delayed 736 to GVA tonight. Usual scrum crowding around A6. Preboarded families, the injured and elderly plus some apparent VIPs. Then finally called group 1 so a load of people surged forward. Not unusual, with 10-11 rows of Club and plenty of Golds in ET. Happened to clock some guy in front of me with a home printed BP (what kind of lunatic does that?!) that made me suspicious. Sure enough he gets to the agent and she says “It’s Group 1 and you’re in Group 9” and he apologises profusely. Easy enough mistake I guess. Not sure of how strict they were on, say, Group 2 or 3. But at least some attempt at enforcement.
Mar 28, 2023, 4:42 pm
#778
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,814
This lunatic does, ThankYouVeryMuch. It lets me bypass checkin and go straight to the gate, and still have a paper BP if I need it as proof for claiming missing miles/points/Avios/whatever.
Mar 28, 2023, 10:40 pm
#779
Join Date: Jan 2022
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 1,474
I have electronic boarding passes on my phone that serve the same purpose. Saves me taking a picture or scanning a paper one, or putting the paper one in an envelope and posting it.