Please re-check!
Jan 25, 2008 | 10:56 am
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Why are people asked to re-check at the gate? I had about 9 people on my BOS-IAH flight asked to re-check at the gate. I wasn't sitting close enough to see if they were non-revs but it appeared to be a pretty diverse group.
Why are people asked to re-check at the gate? I had about 9 people on my BOS-IAH flight asked to re-check at the gate. I wasn't sitting close enough to see if they were non-revs but it appeared to be a pretty diverse group.
Jan 25, 2008 | 10:57 am
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Seats being assigned. Upgrades being issued. Standbys clearing.
I'm sure there are other reasons, too.
I'm sure there are other reasons, too.
Jan 25, 2008 | 12:16 pm
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Also guessing it may have been people who checked in online, did not check luggage, so they had no way to validate they were actually at the airport. So for standbys, upgrades, etc. they need to know who is really there.
Jan 25, 2008 | 12:31 pm
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Aircraft swap, seat assignment changes?
Some good GAs will even spread people around if the load is light, to give people empty middles and such.
Some good GAs will even spread people around if the load is light, to give people empty middles and such.
Jan 25, 2008 | 1:01 pm
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I check in online all the time without checking luggage and never have been called to the podium unless it was for an upgrade.
Jan 25, 2008 | 1:52 pm
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So, ~10 re-checks on a flight? Not that surprising. Now if 1/2 the plane were called, I'd assume otherwise...
Jan 25, 2008 | 8:49 pm
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re-checks
Sometimes they do it in order to seat 2 passengers together.
It seems like whenever I get 1B, they always ask me to move some 2 other passengers who don't plan their travel as well as I do can sit together.
It seems like whenever I get 1B, they always ask me to move some 2 other passengers who don't plan their travel as well as I do can sit together.