Extremely full TATL flight - chances of beng involuntarily bumped on redemption?
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I'm glad to hear it's not very likely! I guess I probably knew that, but just wanted a bit of reassurance as the only time I've ever been bumped was on the same flight to another family function 5 years ago (which I missed).
For those who were wondering, the flight is 214 BOS-LHR on Oct. 3. It looks like the earlier flight was cancelled - maybe explaining how full it is.
For those who were wondering, the flight is 214 BOS-LHR on Oct. 3. It looks like the earlier flight was cancelled - maybe explaining how full it is.
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Sadly there don't seem to be any later oneworld flights that day but, given what I've seen in this thread, I'm not too concerned anymore. I was mainly worried that the fact this is a redemption would negate my status and bump me to the bottom of the list. I'm glad to hear that doesn't seem to be the case!
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It happened to me on a revenue ticket earlier this year. Reports are that OLCI but not downloading/printing a boarding pass before you get to the airport MAY increase your chances (it worked for me).
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If you have your BAEC number in the reservation, have an allocated seat and do OLCI as soon as possible, you'll be fine. It may not work immediately at OLCI if they have to shuffle a lot of people, but just try later.
It's people without seat reservations, without status and who booked late on who are more at risk. If it totally suits you to go another day or another route then by all means volunteer but personally I'd only do that if they can guarantee the alternative arrangements at check-in, not if it's on a standby or "we will let you know" basis.
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Bear in mind this is a robot however. If you like your seat, I would OLCI and do the boarding pass to get it out of the way.
I should also point out, it is quite common for BA to zero out a flight when they know they are pretty much full, even if there are actually a few spare seats, since they need to allow (e.g.) staff duty travel seating. So it's not unusual for a flight with say 4 spare seats to be zero'd out since they know that by the time it gets to the spin cycle, it will all come out in the wash.
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The not printing boarding passes makes zero difference to upgrades, since you are shown to DUT as firmly on board. But it does allow you to play around with seat selection. So if you select a seat next to another Goldie (careful analysis needed here) and they need a couple of seats together, then that obviously helps. Also if you are upgraded before departure - usually it happens in the final hour so you would have to hold a boarding pass at this point - then not having checked in allows you to select seats in the new cabin more easily.
Bear in mind this is a robot however. If you like your seat, I would OLCI and do the boarding pass to get it out of the way.
I should also point out, it is quite common for BA to zero out a flight when they know they are pretty much full, even if there are actually a few spare seats, since they need to allow (e.g.) staff duty travel seating. So it's not unusual for a flight with say 4 spare seats to be zero'd out since they know that by the time it gets to the spin cycle, it will all come out in the wash.
Bear in mind this is a robot however. If you like your seat, I would OLCI and do the boarding pass to get it out of the way.
I should also point out, it is quite common for BA to zero out a flight when they know they are pretty much full, even if there are actually a few spare seats, since they need to allow (e.g.) staff duty travel seating. So it's not unusual for a flight with say 4 spare seats to be zero'd out since they know that by the time it gets to the spin cycle, it will all come out in the wash.
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At the end of the first paragraph, do you really mean "not having checked in"? Wouldn't this put the OP more at risk of IDB. Moreover, will BA give an OPUP to someone who hasn't yet checked in as the deadline approaches (versus being told of the OPUP when dropping bags at the counter)?
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BA selling both of its flights in WT and one of them in WTP and CW. In addition, as a backup, connections on AA, IB, and EI. Bottom line is that even if you are denied boarding, thee are plenty of options if you still wish to travel, some of them such as EI with an LCY arrival if that makes things even simpler.
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No glitch. It's simply that it's BOS. I could tell that from the OP, given that he said that he wasn't flying from DXB - that's how those flights are shown on EF.
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At the end of the first paragraph, do you really mean "not having checked in"? Wouldn't this put the OP more at risk of IDB. Moreover, will BA give an OPUP to someone who hasn't yet checked in as the deadline approaches (versus being told of the OPUP when dropping bags at the counter)?
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The not printing boarding passes makes zero difference to upgrades, since you are shown to DUT as firmly on board. But it does allow you to play around with seat selection. So if you select a seat next to another Goldie (careful analysis needed here) and they need a couple of seats together, then that obviously helps. Also if you are upgraded before departure - usually it happens in the final hour so you would have to hold a boarding pass at this point - then not having printed (etc) your boarding pass allows you to select seats in the new cabin more easily.
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c-w-s good to know! I wasn't sure if it made a difference or not - I'd just read it on a few posts. It was the first out of numerous BA JFK-LHR flights where I got an OpUp (and DH did too!), and the first where I did not download/print a boarding pass. But I know, correlation does not equal causation.