EK779 CPT-DXB and on to LHR cannot check in
Jun 20, 2018, 12:12 pm
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: CPT SA
Programs: EK Plat
Posts: 196
EK779 CPT-DXB and on to LHR cannot check in
hi everyone. My daughter (EK gold) is on this flight tomorrow (21st June). As soon as check in opened yesterday, she tried to check in and got a spurious error message. She has tried again today, called the gold line and no one can say why she can’t check in. She is travelling in Y with 2 kids. Anyone know what’s going on?
Jun 20, 2018, 1:46 pm
#4
Ambassador, Emirates
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
Posts: 4,273
Jun 21, 2018, 12:10 am
#6
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Dubai
Programs: Emirates Platinum
Posts: 372
I fly with my five year old often out of JNB (he’s quite proud that he’s Skysurfers Gold; convinced it’s “better” than Plat), and have never been prevented from OLCI. It will not allow me to obtain a boarding pass, but it does check us in.
Jun 21, 2018, 12:36 am
#8
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: CPT SA
Programs: EK Plat
Posts: 196
will find out tonight what the reason was hopefully. Tx for your insight.
Jun 21, 2018, 1:27 pm
#9
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: CPT SA
Programs: EK Plat
Posts: 196
Update
hi everyone. My daughter (EK gold) is on this flight tomorrow (21st June). As soon as check in opened yesterday, she tried to check in and got a spurious error message. She has tried again today, called the gold line and no one can say why she can’t check in. She is travelling in Y with 2 kids. Anyone know what’s going on?
Jun 21, 2018, 1:58 pm
#10
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Yes indeed, there is not a single Y seat out of any SA airport until Tuesday where it is Y1, I was trying to find a seat all day today. Ended up booking WB (Rwandair) for tomorrow, interested to see how it goes. (J out, Y back for $810, JNB-BOM and BOM-CPT), last minute trip
Jun 21, 2018, 2:25 pm
#11
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
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So why is everything oversold so badly? Is it a case of “will the last one to leave the country please remember to switch off the lights”? (Just in case ESKOM has not switched them off already). I know school holidays are about to start, but are South Africans suddenly prosperous enough to afford overseas travel en masse?
Jun 21, 2018, 2:30 pm
#12
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
So why is everything oversold so badly? Is it a case of “will the last one to leave the country please remember to switch off the lights”? (Just in case ESKOM has not switched them off already). I know school holidays are about to start, but are South Africans suddenly prosperous enough to afford overseas travel en masse?
Jun 26, 2018, 9:46 pm
#13
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Dubai
Programs: Emirates Platinum
Posts: 372
Free return in same class of service I hope?
Yes indeed, there is not a single Y seat out of any SA airport until Tuesday where it is Y1, I was trying to find a seat all day today. Ended up booking WB (Rwandair) for tomorrow, interested to see how it goes. (J out, Y back for $810, JNB-BOM and BOM-CPT), last minute trip
Yes indeed, there is not a single Y seat out of any SA airport until Tuesday where it is Y1, I was trying to find a seat all day today. Ended up booking WB (Rwandair) for tomorrow, interested to see how it goes. (J out, Y back for $810, JNB-BOM and BOM-CPT), last minute trip
But last week was the first time ever I was unable to get onto a flight as a Plat (764 on 23rd was overbooked, and they’d used their Plat allocation as well). I was shocked, and had to re-rea the rules.
there was an extra 380 on 24th, apparently. Also full.
Jun 26, 2018, 10:01 pm
#14
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
there were a couple of open seats on 764 on the 24th, surprisingly. I was able to upgrade myself to J with miles, and the partner to F with miles.
But last week was the first time ever I was unable to get onto a flight as a Plat (764 on 23rd was overbooked, and they’d used their Plat allocation as well). I was shocked, and had to re-rea the rules.
there was an extra 380 on 24th, apparently. Also full.
I survived the Rwandair routing though, CPT-JNB-LUN-KGL-EBB-BOM-HYD, on 3 separate tickets with 2-3hr connections at both JNB and BOM, made it all the way with Air India fouling it up at the end with a 90 minute delay.