Priority services not reserved for priority passengers?
Oct 4, 2015 | 1:03 am
#31
Join Date: Mar 2014
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I travel frequent (~100 trips a year) and almost exclusively business. One of my primary reasons is its quicker ground handling. Saving time is really important, as I am very time poor. One of my biggest gripes is when the ground handling doesn't uphold its commitment (I've paid for it), such as business or first check in becoming the 'troubleshooting' desk for other passengers (non elite), priority security queue access for families (e.g. Manchester Airport), free-for-all priority boarding (I've noted BA now let Bronze, Silver, Gold on via Priority boarding - BA399 from Brussel on Friday has a huge priority queue, bigger than regular queue), non existant priority baggage handling (my biggest annoyance). There is pretty much nothing you can do, despite the fact you do not get the quicker ground handling (which I pay for). Swiss airlines in Zurich have great operations, consistently works, so it can be done.
Oct 4, 2015 | 2:33 am
#32
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The 3 minutes you loose waiting for your bag are well saved by boarding and checking in as late as possible. And it saves a great deal of hassle.
But in the US&A where even the First overheads go full the moment boarding starts, this option does of course not really exist. And waiting 45 minutes for a bag that may or may not show up is also very inefficient.
Oct 4, 2015 | 6:31 am
#33
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A lot depends on the OP's travel patterns (100 round trip flights per year implies a 3.65 I.e. 3-4 day-long trips), meaning he/she can fit their stuff into a carry-on bag easily...
I based my suggestions on the assumptions that the OP is Europe-based, so he/she can get to the airport in a fairly reliable way, also meaning that baggage carousels can be slow.
Of course if the OP can give us additional info on their flight patterns, we can better suggest how to maximise their working time (which seems to be their main concern).
I based my suggestions on the assumptions that the OP is Europe-based, so he/she can get to the airport in a fairly reliable way, also meaning that baggage carousels can be slow.
Of course if the OP can give us additional info on their flight patterns, we can better suggest how to maximise their working time (which seems to be their main concern).
Oct 7, 2015 | 4:41 am
#34
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