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Group 0 called before Group 1? (To post 1221)

AGP - mixed
No: 31st March (1059)
Yes: 2nd April (1166)

ALC - no
No: 1st April (1096)

AMS - mostly yes
Yes: 28th March (1038), 1st April (1106), 2nd April (1139)
No: 28th March (996)

ARN - yes
Yes: 27th March (923), 3rd April (1168)

ATH - no
No: 2nd April (1178)

ATL - yes
Yes: 28th March (1141)

BHD - no
No: 30th March (1044), 31st March (1082), 2nd April (1152)

BOM - no
No: 6th April (1216)

BOS - yes
Yes: 1st April (1084)

BRU - mixed
No: 1st April (1083)
Yes: 10th April (1312)

BSL - no
No: 30th March

BUD - mixed
Yes: 30th March (1043)
No: 30th March (1050)

CDG - mixed
No: 26th March (887), 2nd April (1175)
Yes: 28th March (987)

CUN - yes
Yes: 27th March (1030)

DOH - no
No: 3rd April (1164)

DUB - yes
Yes: 26th March (908), 27th March (951), 27th March (964), 29th March (1028), early April (1213)

EDI - yes
Yes: 26th March (919),27th March (912), 4th April (1185)

FNC - no
No: 31st March (1134)

GLA - yes
Yes: 26th March (895), 28th March (1035), 2nd April (1122), 2nd April (1139)

GOT - mixed
Yes: 28th March (975)
No: 1st April (1136)

GVA - yes
Yes: 28th March, 31st March (1137), 2nd April (1135)

HKG - yes
Yes: 2nd April (1163)

INN - no at bus gates
No: 28th March *bus gate* (968)

IST - no
No: 5th April (1197)

JER - mixed
No: (1039)
Yes: 3rd April (1174)

JFK - yes
Yes: 31st March (1087)

LAS - yes
Yes: 22nd April (1495)

LCY - yes
Yes: 27th March (916), 27th March (970), 2nd April (1171)

LGW - mostly yes
Yes: 26th March (905), 27th March (917), 28th March (965), 28th March (989), 28th March (1016), 28th March (1106), 31st March (1052), late March (1132)
No: 28th March (1166), 29th March (1010), 30th March (1042), early April (1182)

LHR - mostly yes
Yes: 26th March (883), 26th March (884), 27th March (913), 27th March (942),27th March (960), 28th March (1027), 29th March (1030), 29th March (1031), 30th March *bus gate* (1040),31st March (1074), 31st March (1082), 31st March (1082), 31st March *T3* (1136), 1st April (1107), 2nd April *T3* (1126), 2nd April *bus* (1139), 2nd April (1175), 4th April *T3* (1186), 4th April (1191), early April (1192), early April *T3* (1210), 4th April *bus* (1212), 6th April (1211), 6th April (1219), 8th April 2024 (1312)
No: 26th March (857), 26th March (861), 26th March (873), 26th March (895), 26th March (904), 27th March (959), 28th March *bus gate* (990), 29th March *T3* (1026), 30th March (1044), 30th March (1044), 31st March (1061), 1st April (1088), early April (1192), 12th April *T3* (1334), 24 April JFK

LPA - no
No: 3rd April (1183)

MAD - no
No: 1st April (1086)

MAN - yes
Yes: 27th March (937), 27th March (952), 29th March (1032), 11th April (1315)

MLA - no
No: 29th March (1036)

MLE - no
No: 28th March *bus* (1170)

MUC - no
No: 26th March (892)
Yes: 17 April (949)

NCE - no
No: 24 April

NCL - not really, but generally straight on board
Not really: 1st April (1088), early April (1192)
No, when waiting in gate area: 3rd April (1211)

ORD - yes
Yes: 28th March (999), 28th March (1000)

OSL - yes
Yes: 3rd April (1160)

OTP - no
No: early April (1167)

POS - no
No: 2nd April (1184)

PRG - yes
Yes: 5th April (1198)

PSA - yes
Yes: 15th April

RTM - no
No: 5th April (1201)

RUH - yes
Yes: 27th March (939)

SOF - no
No: 14th April (1359)

SCL - yes
Yes: 4th Apil (1187)

SIN - mixed
No: 31st March (1073)
Yes: 6th April (1221)

SYD - mixed
No: 31st March (1049)
Yes: 7th April (1217)

TFS - no
No: early April (1182)

VIE - no
No: 6th April (1200)

ZRH - mixed
Yes: 26th March (958),31st March (1060), 1st April (1105)
No: 26th March (963), 5th April (1211)




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Old Sep 9, 2023, 1:53 am
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Group 0 boarding for GGL
As first reported by Tobias-UK here and with the official update online found and reported by Always Somewhere Else here.
Group 0 boarding to commence for GGL and Premier status customers on limited LH routes:

This is similar to what AA offer to CK consistently on SH and LH and occasionally offer to BA GGLs too. No mention of whether CK travelling BA would be extended the same.
It also doesn't yet state whether the Group 0 will be GGL only or anyone on the booking (I assume the latter).
Tobias-UK has confirmed that BPs on the app will be updated to show GGL /group 0 status.
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Old Sep 9, 2023, 2:13 am
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Good to see some kind of progress on GGL boarding (Prems already just introduce themselves at the gate and are let through to the seating area before boarding commences)

However, the real advantage in this will be on short haul flights. Hopefully, this comes soon. Maybe GVA or ZRH or FRA would be a good place to start, given the huge number of GCHs on those flight routinely

Some conflicting info above on how to identify yourself as a GGL. I really do not want to have to carry my plastic card and often the app seems to show me as a GCH rather than GGL (unless I refresh it about 20 times)
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Old Sep 9, 2023, 2:19 am
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Originally Posted by HFHFFlyer
Some conflicting info above on how to identify yourself as a GGL. I really do not want to have to carry my plastic card and often the app seems to show me as a GCH rather than GGL (unless I refresh it about 20 times)
/dykwia on
You will either have to waft your boarding card around with the group.0 prominently displayed or BA will have to make the GL on the membership card (and the luggage tags) a lot larger and less prone to rubbing off
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Old Sep 9, 2023, 2:23 am
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Not a moment too soon. Perhaps they have finally listened to feedback.

Can BA mess it up though? I wouldn't put it past them.
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Old Sep 9, 2023, 2:27 am
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Whilst this is fair enough and a perk I will never get to use, it smacks of creating a new rule when enforcing the existing one would be a better move.
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Old Sep 9, 2023, 2:28 am
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Originally Posted by HFHFFlyer
Good to see some kind of progress on GGL boarding (Prems already just introduce themselves at the gate and are let through to the seating area before boarding commences)

However, the real advantage in this will be on short haul flights. Hopefully, this comes soon. Maybe GVA or ZRH or FRA would be a good place to start, given the huge number of GCHs on those flight routinely

Some conflicting info above on how to identify yourself as a GGL. I really do not want to have to carry my plastic card and often the app seems to show me as a GCH rather than GGL (unless I refresh it about 20 times)
Nothing conflicting, the intent is that BPs (electronic and paper) will show Group 0, if that isn’t shown then you can produce your membership card (physical or App).
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Old Sep 9, 2023, 2:37 am
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Originally Posted by Tobias-UK
Nothing conflicting, the intent is that BPs (electronic and paper) will show Group 0, if that isn’t shown then you can produce your membership card (physical or App).
”Once at the gate you will be asked to present your GGL membership card to the gate agent.” My point was simply that the official BA release does not admit the alternative that you describe.
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Old Sep 9, 2023, 2:40 am
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Originally Posted by i_concur
Whilst this is fair enough and a perk I will never get to use, it smacks of creating a new rule when enforcing the existing one would be a better move.
I agree that enforcement could be far better.

The reason, however, I like the idea of this is that I take a lot of SH flights where Group 1 can be huge. 10 rows of CE plus another 20 GCHs in economy creates a Group 1 of 60 people. That is a big scrum at increasingly cramped gate areas.
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Old Sep 9, 2023, 2:45 am
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For the trial, you'll be in Group 1 and show the card. The IT will presumably catch up if it's extended generally, but it'd be pointless to make a change and have to roll it back.

I'd still rather have an app that displays my bookings reliably. But there is a certain ineffable joy building at the prospect of moving in front of the GCH suits who have walked to the front of the queue assuming no-one other than themselves has priority.
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Old Sep 9, 2023, 2:47 am
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Originally Posted by bisonrav
But there is a certain ineffable joy building at the prospect of moving in front of the GCH suits who have walked to the front of the queue assuming no-one other than themselves has priority.
I know where the "effs" will be coming from .
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Old Sep 9, 2023, 2:47 am
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Originally Posted by crazy8534
As first reported by Tobias-UK here and with the official update online found and reported by Always Somewhere Else here.
Group 0 boarding to commence for GGL and Premier status customers on limited LH routes:
And kudos to crazy8534 who I think first reported the now confirmed whisper this was coming a few weeks ago!
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Old Sep 9, 2023, 3:09 am
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Originally Posted by bisonrav
For the trial, you'll be in Group 1 and show the card. The IT will presumably catch up if it's extended generally, but it'd be pointless to make a change and have to roll it back.

I'd still rather have an app that displays my bookings reliably. But there is a certain ineffable joy building at the prospect of moving in front of the GCH suits who have walked to the front of the queue assuming no-one other than themselves has priority.
This could also be an interesting marketing ploy to inform those Golds not in the know about the fact that there is more after Gold.

I don’t know if BA’s strategy is as sophisticated as to take some benefits away from Golds and hand them to GGLs..
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Old Sep 9, 2023, 3:10 am
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Presumably this now means all the people who gate check bags, or the group of four adults who board with a single child, will now have to be designated as group -1?
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Old Sep 9, 2023, 3:16 am
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Originally Posted by Foofighter69
I don’t know if BA’s strategy is as sophisticated as to take some benefits away from Golds and hand them to GGLs..
It's already happened imho with the reduction in food and drink quality in GF and AA deciding golds are platinum pro equivalent not exec platinum. And the reported really long waits on the gold telephone line that used to be instantly answered pre covid.
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Old Sep 9, 2023, 3:18 am
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If true it’s desperate!

They can’t manage boarding today with 9 groups. It usually chaotic.

In any event group 0 already exists. It’s called excess hand baggage.

The interns have fully taken over the asylum!
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