J class and *G = Boarding Group 2 ???
Feb 25, 2018, 12:59 am
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J class and *G = Boarding Group 2 ???
It's been a couple of years since I've flown SQ in J. My boarding pass says I board in Group 2, on a flight where J is the highest class of service offered. And I'm *G. That beats even Air Canada for exclusivity, which puts me in Group 2 as *G unless I am booked in J on their flights.
Is Group 1 reserved for PPS, or what? There is no First Class from SIN to PER.
Is Group 1 reserved for PPS, or what? There is no First Class from SIN to PER.
Feb 25, 2018, 1:28 am
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It's been a couple of years since I've flown SQ in J. My boarding pass says I board in Group 2, on a flight where J is the highest class of service offered. And I'm *G. That beats even Air Canada for exclusivity, which puts me in Group 2 as *G unless I am booked in J on their flights.
Is Group 1 reserved for PPS, or what? There is no First Class from SIN to PER.
Is Group 1 reserved for PPS, or what? There is no First Class from SIN to PER.
Feb 25, 2018, 7:06 pm
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Feb 26, 2018, 1:49 am
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PPS and J boarded together on my flight, just as noted above. No group numbers were called out, just the names of the relevant categories who were eligible for boarding. No call was made for special needs, but they were boarded first (at least those who had been previously identified).
Mar 3, 2018, 6:42 pm
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On SQ boarding group 1 is for first class. This is printed on the boarding pass. Just as business class starts at row 11 even if there is no first class, so the boarding groups are also not renumbered if there is no first class.
Mar 4, 2018, 9:11 am
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*G in Y is group 3, which is ahead of 4 and 5, and in practice means you can board through the priority lane after F and J, unless there is a separate *G lane. What I have noticed though is that non *G partner status members don't necessarily get group 3 - VA gold gets you group 5, but again that has never stopped me boarding through the priority lane. SQ's signage on this is a bit weird, with *G shown against the economy queue at Changi and some outstations, but then called separately, after F and J - are you supposed to push to the front of the Y queue if you arrive at the gate after boarding commences and there is a queue? I have always just boarded through the priority lane and it's never been an issue.
Mar 5, 2018, 2:42 am
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Mar 10, 2018, 2:28 am
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Boarding Group is on the screens for Y boarding at SYD.
I emailed to ask and received the response that Y boarding group is linked to where you are sitting. This doesn't actually correlate with my experience: I have found that star gold puts you in Group 3 and VA other partner gold doesn't. I was also told in the email that passengers in Y with star gold/partner gold can board through the priority lane at any time, regardless of what is printed on the BP (and presumably regardless of what is on the signage about first/business/PPS only at some airports).
I emailed to ask and received the response that Y boarding group is linked to where you are sitting. This doesn't actually correlate with my experience: I have found that star gold puts you in Group 3 and VA other partner gold doesn't. I was also told in the email that passengers in Y with star gold/partner gold can board through the priority lane at any time, regardless of what is printed on the BP (and presumably regardless of what is on the signage about first/business/PPS only at some airports).
Last edited by wyvern; Mar 10, 2018 at 6:41 pm Reason: (wrong airport in original post)
Mar 10, 2018, 4:42 pm
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At other airports (e.g. AKL, WLG, SYD, CBR, HKG, ICN) they often but not always refer to boarding groups.