KARFA

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I have found checking in on the aa app for aa flights can sometimes work - but things like codeshares or phase of the moon that day can stop it working.

sammyg901

I've had this twice leaving US recently, both times I followed the advice somewhere upthread and went in and resaved my API data and immediately went and did the OCLI and then it worked.

bakera

Thanks CWS and sammyg. In the end there didn’t appear to be any issue, no SSSS or anything. We just checked in as normal, although behind the family from hell that held up the First checkin line for over 40 minutes. Surely there should be a limit to the size of the ‘family’ that a gold member can bring to the First checkin when they are not actually flying First. There must of been 8 people in this group, having to repack cases etc. due to being overweight. Almost everyone in Economy had been checked in before the First line moved again.

FEMW

I don’t know why it keeps happening to me….

Sept 22 - couldn’t do OLCI for EDI-LHR-SFO but no problem for my husband.

JAN 23 - couldn’t do OLCI for LHR-GLA but no problem for my husband.

Tonight I go to OLCI for tomorrow’s flight from MRU-LGW-GLA. My husband gets checked in but not me. My assigned seat from booking is 1A. Is there some GCH who wants 1A? As I have a disability and need my husband next to me - I sincerely hope that the seat has not gone to someone else.

Either way - it’s getting beyond a joke that I cannot check in.

Coffeemadman

I couldn’t check in for my flight today either, even when BA said it should be good. I had to log out of the app and log back in and it let me.

Sam Bee

Flying DBV-LGW tomorrow just tried to online check in, can't, quick Google shows it's an incompatibility thing with FLY.

Fine, it's not a horror show of an airport. But - is there a hack I can at least choose seats just to ensure I'm with my daughter (I know I probably will be etc). No status anymore etc... (Also does CE have lounge access at DBV?!).

TIA.

PETER01

Yes that's right that DBV isn't on FLY as far as I can tell so it's an airport checkin. Which flight are you on? Get there early enough and I am sure you'll get paired together* and I'm not aware of any 'hack'.

At the moment the first flight back (BA2833) is showing 4 rows of CE and row 1 blocked*, all others bar 1 seat fully occupied. In rows 5, 6 and 7 in economy these seats are blocked so there may be a curtain to go backwards movement there.

The 2nd flight back (BA 2835) has 8 rows of CE (Row 8 blocked) but pairing availability on seats:

*6AC
*7AC
*7DF

I'm not sure about lounge access other than what shows here.

https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges?location=DBV

Sam Bee

Ah thank you, yes I'm on BA2835, the later flight. Was just surprised that seats were not allocated (and always get confused what you can and can't do by logging into other Oneworld websites, there always seems to be a hack or 3).

Ok, I'll just hold off until tomorrow, and maybe even hold off on a 'Jet2 Y Vs BA J' comparison thread as they seem all the rage!

RichieMc

Never seen this before. Flying tomorrow DUB-LHR-JFK-SFO. First leg on BA, the rest are on AA. Trying to check in via BA app. For the AA legs, I have to enter my DoB twice: once for each segment. It accepts my DoB for LHR-JFK but doesn’t accept it for the transcon. It’s definitely the same date and I’m pretty certain of when I was born. Not too stressed as I assume I’ll be able to check in via AA app at T-24. Any ideas?

RichieMc

Well I figured it out. For some reason I was unable to input a US address into either the app or BA.com. I mean the fields weren’t even there. I had put all the info in the AA app but made no difference. Got it sorted in CCR this afternoon where agent just input all the required info. Not sure if somehow related or just a weird coincidence, but my BAEC number had disappeared from the AA sectors. Noticed when I got blue BPs on my phone. Input it like 3 times and it just wouldn’t stick. So used in app chat and it was sorted in a few minutes.

AntonS

APIS asks for my address in USA, although I indicated that I am a US citizen.

My understanding is that US citizens are not required to prove address for flights to the US, but there is no way to skip it in BA passenger form.

Is it OK to enter some fake address or hotel where I do not plan to stay?

Geordie405

Why would you want to enter a fake address? Leaving that aside, I think the address requirement is actually for CDC contact tracing as opposed to APIS.

AntonS

I am just cautious about providing personal information to US government, especially when it’s not required. I think CDC requirement is long gone? I do not remember Air France asking me for USA address a couple months ago during check in.

golfmad

It's not a CDC thing. It's collected by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. It's used to identify high-risk travelers.

You're right that it's not required for US Citizens and Legal Permanent Residents but the BA system doesn't handle the logic well. It should ask for status first and then decide whether to ask for address details. We have the same problem in that we live in the USA as Legal Permanent Residents but I've not found a way around the BA systems without entering our home address each time. However, when dealing with the CBP I sleep easier knowing that I've put in accurate information rather than submitting something fake. This is partly because I have a poor memory and if questioned I probably wouldn't be able to repeat what I'd written.

corporate-wage-slave

There is this fairly new middle slice process that came in just before the CDC requirement ended, just as the booking goes on to FLY, solving several problems that BA had for many months during the pandemic. There is still an aspect of this, which is about confirming visa number and address for non residents. So it's inelegant and poorly designed - the Green Card and non ESTA visas were bolted on later and it doesn't work well. But in terms of being concerned what the US government holds on you, well there is a big slug of data that goes across to the DHS on each and every booking, and I think you can assume that if the US government wants to know your address they can easily look it up. So I wouldn't waste your energy on maintaining a stance which is essentially meretricious.