DYKWIA - The 2017 thread
Sep 7, 2017, 7:53 am
#946
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: US/UK - and elsewhere
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 2,558
There's a choice:
Option 1: delay the priority queue and everyone in it.
Option 2: keep the priority queue moving and put the slow people in the normal queue that has more desks open to deal with everything. One clogged up desk in the priority queue is going to slow things down more than one clogged up desk in the normal queue.
Option 3: have a dedicated queue and desk for problem solving to keep both queues moving.
At the absence of option 3 I pick option 2.
Option 1: delay the priority queue and everyone in it.
Option 2: keep the priority queue moving and put the slow people in the normal queue that has more desks open to deal with everything. One clogged up desk in the priority queue is going to slow things down more than one clogged up desk in the normal queue.
Option 3: have a dedicated queue and desk for problem solving to keep both queues moving.
At the absence of option 3 I pick option 2.
Sep 7, 2017, 8:11 am
#947
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Provincie Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
Programs: MUCCI Gold
Posts: 2,512
I don't care if they met the rules to be entitled to the priority queue. Their doings were selfish. They weren't flying on until the next day yet they still felt the need to slow everyone down. They should have gone in the normal queue where there are more desks open. The priority queue should be kept moving.
Sep 7, 2017, 8:18 am
#948
Moderator: Qatar Airways
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LHR/NCE/MIA
Programs: BAEC GfL & GGL, SQ Gold, Amex Centurion, Mucci des Chevaliers des Bons Mots et Qui Savent Moucher
Posts: 8,948
There's a choice:
Option 1: delay the priority queue and everyone in it.
Option 2: keep the priority queue moving and put the slow people in the normal queue that has more desks open to deal with everything. One clogged up desk in the priority queue is going to slow things down more than one clogged up desk in the normal queue.
Option 3: have a dedicated queue and desk for problem solving to keep both queues moving.
At the absence of option 3 I pick option 2.
Option 1: delay the priority queue and everyone in it.
Option 2: keep the priority queue moving and put the slow people in the normal queue that has more desks open to deal with everything. One clogged up desk in the priority queue is going to slow things down more than one clogged up desk in the normal queue.
Option 3: have a dedicated queue and desk for problem solving to keep both queues moving.
At the absence of option 3 I pick option 2.
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Sep 7, 2017, 8:29 am
#949
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: OOL/DOH
Programs: QF LTS WP, Avis Pres Club, HH Diam.
Posts: 3,192
This is exactly why one should be borne from the lounge to the boarding gate by sedan chair, preferably accompanied by trumpets and cymbals heralding your arrival.... 
Sep 7, 2017, 8:45 am
#950
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 582
Saw some interesting tactics at Lhr 5 yesterday. Boarding desks at far end of the terminal. Two zig zag lines, priority and economy. Screen displayed the 'please take a seat sign' . Couple of passengers ignored and went up to the desk only to be told to zig zag their way back to the seats. Along comes one suit with his carry on luggage and laptop bag. He enters the priority zig zag line but stops half way to the desk facing the window and nonchalantly starts looking at his mobile. Lol , he made sure he avoided being told to zig zag back. Shortly after, another suit followed but kept a few metres distance between him and first suit. A few minutes later the line was full up with suits before boarding was announced. Well , half way to the desk at least.
Sep 7, 2017, 8:59 am
#951
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 2,676
Saw some interesting tactics at Lhr 5 yesterday. Boarding desks at far end of the terminal. Two zig zag lines, priority and economy. Screen displayed the 'please take a seat sign' . Couple of passengers ignored and went up to the desk only to be told to zig zag their way back to the seats. Along comes one suit with his carry on luggage and laptop bag. He enters the priority zig zag line but stops half way to the desk facing the window and nonchalantly starts looking at his mobile. Lol , he made sure he avoided being told to zig zag back. Shortly after, another suit followed but kept a few metres distance between him and first suit. A few minutes later the line was full up with suits before boarding was announced. Well , half way to the desk at least.
Sep 7, 2017, 9:33 am
#952
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Gloucestershire
Programs: BA Gold (ex-GGL, maybe future Silver), Hilton Diamond
Posts: 6,201
This chap:
Sep 7, 2017, 9:42 am
#953
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: All over the place often South Wales and Lake District
Programs: BA Gold for Life Accor Platinum
Posts: 4,552
I don't care if they met the rules to be entitled to the priority queue. Their doings were selfish. They weren't flying on until the next day yet they still felt the need to slow everyone down. They should have gone in the normal queue where there are more desks open. The priority queue should be kept moving.
Perhaps BA could have paused the checkin of one of the non priority points while this was ongoing until the priority queue is cleared, but I don't see how this couple can be held responsible for something out of their control.
Oh and welcome to the forum.
Sep 7, 2017, 11:16 am
#954
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Surrey, UK
Programs: BA Gold, *A Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 654
Sep 7, 2017, 12:02 pm
#955
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: All over the place often South Wales and Lake District
Programs: BA Gold for Life Accor Platinum
Posts: 4,552
Sep 7, 2017, 12:10 pm
#956
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Surrey, UK
Programs: BA Gold, *A Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 654
Sep 7, 2017, 12:22 pm
#957
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA GGL, UA Plat, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,380
On the zig-zag placeholders:
Not quite sure what the guy is being accused of here. If he has the relevant status then the Priority lane is where he should be !
I do sometimes find myself getting to the gate early and hence to the #1 spot and it's true I tend to hang around the entrance or a few paces inside.
I'm not sure why really, it's nothing to do with being sent back to my seat - if a BA person was to suggest to me that I should go and sit down I would just say "no thanks" and stay where I was... I am not 6 years old
Not quite sure what the guy is being accused of here. If he has the relevant status then the Priority lane is where he should be !
I do sometimes find myself getting to the gate early and hence to the #1 spot and it's true I tend to hang around the entrance or a few paces inside.
I'm not sure why really, it's nothing to do with being sent back to my seat - if a BA person was to suggest to me that I should go and sit down I would just say "no thanks" and stay where I was... I am not 6 years old
Sep 7, 2017, 12:26 pm
#958
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Portland, OR USA
Programs: BA Silver, Icelandair, IHG Diamond Elite Ambassador, Hertz 5*
Posts: 610
Sep 7, 2017, 12:27 pm
#959
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: AA, BA, Accor, Honors Diamond, IHG Diamond Elite and lots more....
Posts: 2,971
On the zig-zag placeholders:
Not quite sure what the guy is being accused of here. If he has the relevant status then the Priority lane is where he should be !
I do sometimes find myself getting to the gate early and hence to the #1 spot and it's true I tend to hang around the entrance or a few paces inside.
I'm not sure why really, it's nothing to do with being sent back to my seat - if a BA person was to suggest to me that I should go and sit down I would just say "no thanks" and stay where I was... I am not 6 years old
Not quite sure what the guy is being accused of here. If he has the relevant status then the Priority lane is where he should be !
I do sometimes find myself getting to the gate early and hence to the #1 spot and it's true I tend to hang around the entrance or a few paces inside.
I'm not sure why really, it's nothing to do with being sent back to my seat - if a BA person was to suggest to me that I should go and sit down I would just say "no thanks" and stay where I was... I am not 6 years old
Sep 7, 2017, 12:29 pm
#960
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 17,455
On the zig-zag placeholders:
Not quite sure what the guy is being accused of here. If he has the relevant status then the Priority lane is where he should be !
I do sometimes find myself getting to the gate early and hence to the #1 spot and it's true I tend to hang around the entrance or a few paces inside.
I'm not sure why really, it's nothing to do with being sent back to my seat - if a BA person was to suggest to me that I should go and sit down I would just say "no thanks" and stay where I was... I am not 6 years old
Not quite sure what the guy is being accused of here. If he has the relevant status then the Priority lane is where he should be !
I do sometimes find myself getting to the gate early and hence to the #1 spot and it's true I tend to hang around the entrance or a few paces inside.
I'm not sure why really, it's nothing to do with being sent back to my seat - if a BA person was to suggest to me that I should go and sit down I would just say "no thanks" and stay where I was... I am not 6 years old