New Boarding Process- has anyone noticed an improvement?
Aug 26, 2015, 1:10 pm
#108
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Here or there abouts...
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Posts: 708
To Copenhagen again today - Club Europe, Gold, Silver, Bronze all announced together. I enquired why no preference for Club the agent explained that it depends on how many of each level she has - the clear demarkation she explained, was how they were supposed to do it.
Palm hits forehead.
Palm hits forehead.
Aug 27, 2015, 12:37 pm
#109
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 870
Experienced this new process last night from LHR-BHD. Called business UK and gold cards only. Fast track queue packed 40-50 long. A few listened and held back and the rest of the silvers and bronzes continued to scrum forward and they were not told to wait.
Little point in calling it if it's not enforced.
Led to obedient silvers and bronzes being queue jumped by other silvers and bronzes and just a general feeling of confusion and cluelessness.
BA currently by far have the worst boarding system of any airline I have tried, and I have tried many.
Little point in calling it if it's not enforced.
Led to obedient silvers and bronzes being queue jumped by other silvers and bronzes and just a general feeling of confusion and cluelessness.
BA currently by far have the worst boarding system of any airline I have tried, and I have tried many.
Aug 27, 2015, 2:12 pm
#111
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club, easyJet and Ryanair
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: UK/Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold (GGL/CCR)
Posts: 15,922
Farcical
Aug 27, 2015, 2:15 pm
#112
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,605
Not going by my experience today. No enforcement of the new policy. They called Gold, Silver and Bronze all together. Those who crowded the gate were allowed through with the gate security agent proudly saying "I can't be bothered with that nonsense just come through".
Farcical
Farcical
This will be the first time for about 12 years I don't have at least silver status. I I'll just stay in the lounge until the last minute.
Aug 27, 2015, 5:15 pm
#113
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 1,173
Although slightly O/T was on the final flight of the day from MXP earlier and no new boarding enforced.
Although a light load only about 50% what I found to be extremely comical and definitely taking the p... with the hand baggage allowance is that a couple on the flight, had no less than:
2x Large Shopping Bags (not DF)
2x Wheelie Rucksacks
2x Wheelie Bags
and last but not least....
1x Violin Case
I am genuinely not joking about it, but wonder how on earth they got it all onboard!
Although a light load only about 50% what I found to be extremely comical and definitely taking the p... with the hand baggage allowance is that a couple on the flight, had no less than:
2x Large Shopping Bags (not DF)
2x Wheelie Rucksacks
2x Wheelie Bags
and last but not least....
1x Violin Case
I am genuinely not joking about it, but wonder how on earth they got it all onboard!
Aug 27, 2015, 5:29 pm
#114
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Glasgow
Programs: BA Gold, QF NB
Posts: 675
which will allow priority boarding (the first group along with BA Gold/OWE if the new boarding procedures are adhered to).
Aug 27, 2015, 10:53 pm
#115
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Bloomsbury
Programs: BA Silver, AF Ivory
Posts: 2,202
ORY to LHR the new policy was being enforced yesterday; also a large new sign in front of the fast track lane explaining the new rules.
(But with no golds appearing and 5 people in CE ....)
(But with no golds appearing and 5 people in CE ....)
Aug 28, 2015, 12:10 am
#116
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 1,736
I did lba to lhr as the 1st part of a 1st redemption to Muscat on Monday. Always had said UK business before on previous runs but boarding cards printed at desk as couldn't do olci. In the booking it said domestic. On the ticket it says c? Only 30 on the plane though so not an issue. Amusing that with such a small load we had been allocated 1 seat in row 3 and 1 in row 19.
Last edited by Barnaby100; Aug 28, 2015 at 1:34 am
Aug 28, 2015, 2:20 am
#117
Join Date: Jul 2015
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 8
Flying from ZRH to LHR this morning and their announcement was that boarding would follow:
- Gold and CE
- Silver
- Bronze
- ET
I was travelling CE, but the person checking passports at the gate almost asked me to go back (noticing the mere Silver status) so it looks like they at least *planned* to enforce it strictly!
- Gold and CE
- Silver
- Bronze
- ET
I was travelling CE, but the person checking passports at the gate almost asked me to go back (noticing the mere Silver status) so it looks like they at least *planned* to enforce it strictly!
Aug 28, 2015, 2:38 am
#119
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: North Yorkshire, UK / Pasadena CA
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 1,311
