self boarding gates are here
Jan 28, 2017, 2:16 am
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The complexity is for guests of status travellers, which the e-gates won't recognise.
Jan 28, 2017, 2:20 am
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Jan 28, 2017, 2:23 am
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Jan 28, 2017, 2:37 am
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Will be interesting to see how op-ups, exit row seat checks, and other random boarding pass troubles are handled. Perhaps it'll be akin to the Tesco self-service checkout situation where you have roaming assistants waiting to intervene everytime an issue arises that the technology can't handle. I fear this will be more annoying for everyone involved, particularly if the boarding becomes more of a free-for-all, as suggested above.
Jan 28, 2017, 2:49 am
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On Lufty isn't priority boarding done by humans and then the rest go through the gates?
That's what I recall happening at FRA 8 months ago (my most recent LH intra-Schengen flight).
That's what I recall happening at FRA 8 months ago (my most recent LH intra-Schengen flight).
Jan 28, 2017, 3:03 am
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Jan 28, 2017, 3:08 am
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We must have been stood more or less right next to each other... I was also on that flight, and posted more or less the same thoughts on Twitter. I didn't see the signs though.
Jan 28, 2017, 3:12 am
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We must have been stood more or less right next to each other... I was also on that flight, and posted more or less the same thoughts on Twitter. I didn't see the signs though.
https://twitter.com/jamesw85562/stat...54404269264897
https://twitter.com/jamesw85562/stat...54404269264897
Jan 28, 2017, 3:16 am
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Indeed LH and LX (which seem to use the same system), will occasionally beep and spit out a thermal paper new seat assignment. I never seem to get opups, so assume it's usually an equipment change. On top of that the seat assignment seems to be intelligent and not dump you in row 99F.
Of course LH and LX don't do ID checks at boarding so don't know how that will work at BA, but they've been using the self-boarding for several years. Status pax and business class go through a manual gate and they don't open the e-gates until they've finished the status pax.
Of course LH and LX don't do ID checks at boarding so don't know how that will work at BA, but they've been using the self-boarding for several years. Status pax and business class go through a manual gate and they don't open the e-gates until they've finished the status pax.
Jan 28, 2017, 4:26 am
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Indeed LH and LX (which seem to use the same system), will occasionally beep and spit out a thermal paper new seat assignment. I never seem to get opups, so assume it's usually an equipment change. On top of that the seat assignment seems to be intelligent and not dump you in row 99F.
Of course LH and LX don't do ID checks at boarding so don't know how that will work at BA, but they've been using the self-boarding for several years. Status pax and business class go through a manual gate and they don't open the e-gates until they've finished the status pax.
Of course LH and LX don't do ID checks at boarding so don't know how that will work at BA, but they've been using the self-boarding for several years. Status pax and business class go through a manual gate and they don't open the e-gates until they've finished the status pax.
I expect BA will still have one manned desk.
Jan 28, 2017, 4:56 am
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We must have been stood more or less right next to each other... I was also on that flight, and posted more or less the same thoughts on Twitter. I didn't see the signs though.
https://twitter.com/jamesw85562/stat...54404269264897
https://twitter.com/jamesw85562/stat...54404269264897