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Sep 4, 2005 | 4:23 pm

LarryJ

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Boarding Process?/TV Channels?

I am flying on Frontier for the first time tomorrow. I have seat 6D on a A318 and plan to use online check in later this evening.

How does the Frontier boarding process work? I assume that 6D will be in the last group to board?

I was looking on the Frontier web site for a listing of the TV channels that are available but didn't have any luck. Is there a listing of the offered channels anywhere online?

Thanks...

Sep 4, 2005 | 5:33 pm

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Channel listings:

http://www.frontierairlines.com/ife/channels.asp

Boarding basically goes: preboarding and then back-to-front.

Sep 5, 2005 | 1:41 pm

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I was looking on the Frontier web site for a listing of the TV channels that are available but didn't have any luck. Is there a listing of the offered channels anywhere online?

Just don't try to count on watching "appointment" shows on on-board TV. There's no built-in DVR, and so when they cut in to make announcements (whether safety announcements or just to point out what you're flying over), you miss whatever was going on while the announcements were happening. With "passive" watching of news, sports, music videos, etc, that may be ok, but don't count on catching, say, an hourlong episode of some drama on WNBC or TNT and not missing a key scene (without which the whole show doesn't make sense).

Sep 6, 2005 | 2:44 am

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Thanks for the info. It was very helpful.

I enjoyed the flights, even the CRJ operated by Horizon wasn't that bad. Everyone was friendly and knew their jobs. The TV on the Airbus was great. All of the flights left early, or on time, and arrived early, or on time. Both flights were full but I had no problem finding room in the overheads.

I wouldn't have minded more than a bag of chips for the snack but that's pretty minor. Plenty of food at each of the airports.

Sep 6, 2005 | 9:41 pm

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I HATE THIS!! I fly the same route every week. I really don't need to know we're next in line for take-off. I"m more concerned if the Fresh Prince is going to get his teen groove on.

I also dislike the "temporarily out of service due to normal aircraft operation" message.

The kicker was last year...Sunday night...fourth quarter...0.10 left...driving for the end zone...

"We interrupt the DirecTV service for this safety message"

Over half the airplane let out an audible "Noooooooooooo!" The FA's were looking at each other wondering what was going on.

Sep 6, 2005 | 10:53 pm

foxnine

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Unfortunately, when the aircraft is turning, the angle of the turn can interfere with the satellite reception temporarily....this is just physics and unfortunately we have to live with it.

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