Qantas online checkin launched!!

[Altair]

Re: Any problems with scanning OLCI BP now at Syd T3?

What self-respecting AFF'er arrives with only 15-20 mins to spare? We all arrive several hours prior, in order to sample the delights of the QP (well, for flights after 1400 anyway). :mrgreen:

Dave

I agree with you on this as a self respecting, and hopefully I have the respect of some other people , finance type, I would not consider QP membership a good return on investment if I did not adequately use this asset to the fullest posiible extent.

 

[Yada Yada]

Re: Any problems with scanning OLCI BP now at Syd T3?

Yes .... certainly better than sulking outside The Lounge!

I promise to watch for you outside the SYD and MEL lounges! Thursday is the day I'm usually travelling.

 

[markis10]

Used online checkin a few times now with no real issues, only problem has been scanning at the gate with crew tried to scan by holding BP up to scanner, mentioned kindly that previous attempts worked with the BP placed at the base of the scanning area, that did the trick!

 

[JohnK]

Re: Any problems with scanning OLCI BP now at Syd T3?

OLCI is great, especially if you only have carry on, and it basically allows you to arrive at the airport 15-20 minutes prior to departure...great if you are running late to the airport, and means that you won't risk arriving "after check in closes":mrgreen:

Apologies if this has been answered already.

Lets say someone uses OLCI 24 hours before your flight and print your boarding pass and for whatever reason they are late or fail to turn up for scheduled departure. Will QF still push back on time or will they wait for the person knowing that they have already checked in?

I guess with checkin at airport they know 15-20 minutes before scheduled departure if anyone has not checked in for the flight and can make the decision to depart without the person.

 

[kpc]

Re: Any problems with scanning OLCI BP now at Syd T3?

Lets say someone uses OLCI 24 hours before your flight and print your boarding pass and for whatever reason they are late or fail to turn up for scheduled departure. Will QF still push back on time or will they wait for the person knowing that they have already checked in?

They will probably do what they do now if you check in the normal way. If you fail to board the plane by a certain time to allow them to depart on time, they will probably make a PA for you, and if you don't turn up, depart without you; if you have checked bags, they will have to offload your bags first

 

[oz_mark]

Re: Any problems with scanning OLCI BP now at Syd T3?

Apologies if this has been answered already.

Lets say someone uses OLCI 24 hours before your flight and print your boarding pass and for whatever reason they are late or fail to turn up for scheduled departure. Will QF still push back on time or will they wait for the person knowing that they have already checked in?

I guess with checkin at airport they know 15-20 minutes before scheduled departure if anyone has not checked in for the flight and can make the decision to depart without the person.

Assuming the person has not checked in baggage, then I would guess that they will close up and go.

 

[Skyring]

Re: Any problems with scanning OLCI BP now at Syd T3?

What self-respecting AFF'er arrives with only 15-20 mins to spare? We all arrive several hours prior, in order to sample the delights of the QP (well, for flights after 1400 anyway).

I must admit that I no longer look on a transit of several hours with distaste, and my natural inclination to insert a fudge factor when arriving for a flight has paid off.

I'm flying to Adelaide on Friday, and I'll be up bright and early tomorrow to see if I can nab some good seats.

 

[robertz]

OK,
I think QF have to do some work here on how the pre-allocation integrates with people who web-check or check in at the airport.

On Sat I flew MEL-ADL Seq #6 and printed BP on Fri morning. Ended up with 25E (Forward Isle on Pref) (73H) . Changed this to 7D, as there were seats up front.

Problem I'm trying to get my head around is, if QF pre-allocate Dom seats before 24 hours, and don’t restrict some seats to P/G/S/QC, then how do I choose my seat if the plane is full. .
Theoretically all seats have been taken, even know a majority haven’t checked in yet.

Really, really confused how at least 60 - 70 seats could be taken if I was seq #6 (minus Intl Connections of course)


Rob

 

[Dave Noble]

OK,
I think QF have to do some work here on how the pre-allocation integrates with people who web-check or check in at the airport.

On Sat I flew MEL-ADL Seq #6 and printed BP on Fri morning. Ended up with 25E (Forward Isle on Pref) (73H) . Changed this to 7D, as there were seats up front.

Problem I'm trying to get my head around is, if QF pre-allocate Dom seats before 24 hours, and don’t restrict some seats to P/G/S/QC, then how do I choose my seat if the plane is full. .
Theoretically all seats have been taken, even know a majority haven’t checked in yet.

Really, really confused how at least 60 - 70 seats could be taken if I was seq #6 (minus Intl Connections of course)


Rob

I used OLCI on saturday for the trip to Brisvegas on sunday. When I checked in v soon after it opened at T-24:00 it showed me as having 4D ( 1st row aisle on a 734 ) . Looking round the aircraft map there were some seats available but a fair number were taken.

When I got the BP pdf , it showed a sequence number of 1 so I presume that the system is pre seating those with appropriate status ahead of OLCI opening. When I got to the airport I was able to move it to 12A ( which wasnt available on OLCI ). On boarding however, the reader rejected my BP saying "Name mismatch error on the PC screen" and the agent checked it out and gave me a new one for 3C . Nice start to a day having an involuntary upgrade

Would suggest to me that unless there are enough people booked on a flight to cause all seats to be pre-selected, that other seats will be available to move to if desired.

Dave

 

[serfty]

robertz, what status are you? This may have considerable bearing on your offered seats.

From anecdotes here and elswhere; I believe the normal domestic pre-allocation process is now being being run much earlier than before; between 25 and 48 hours before the flight.

Reports have indicated seat availability being little different to using Quick-Check machines. My only experience had a seat in line with my QF WP preferences, but I could also choose from quite a few others (Seq #5, 20 hours before the flight).

 

[AnonymousCoward]

From anecdotes here and elswhere; I believe the normal domestic pre-allocation process is now being being run much earlier than before; between 25 and 48 hours before the flight.

Reports have indicated seat availability being little different to using Quick-Check machines.

I would agree with this. Last four weeks I have flown the same flights each week (QF407 on Monday morning, QF456 Thursday afternoon). I've tried experimenting with the time I OLCI and also with just turning up 40-45 minutes beforehand and just using QuickCheck, and nothing seems to change. I always seem to get seats rows 4-8 C/D, with most of the forward aisle seats already blocked off.

 

[robertz]

I used OLCI on saturday for the trip to Brisvegas on sunday. When I checked in v soon after it opened at T-24:00 it showed me as having 4D ( 1st row aisle on a 734 ) . Looking round the aircraft map there were some seats available but a fair number were taken.

When I got the BP pdf , it showed a sequence number of 1 so I presume that the system is pre seating those with appropriate status ahead of OLCI opening. When I got to the airport I was able to move it to 12A ( which wasnt available on OLCI ). On boarding however, the reader rejected my BP saying "Name mismatch error on the PC screen" and the agent checked it out and gave me a new one for 3C . Nice start to a day having an involuntary upgrade

Would suggest to me that unless there are enough people booked on a flight to cause all seats to be pre-selected, that other seats will be available to move to if desired.

Dave

Very interesting Dave. Could one speculate that you checked in with WebCheck, then again with the Quick-check, so when finally boarding, the system coughped itself thinking you had 2 seats. (Or a couple of other scenarios )

Was the plane full???

Might be worth trying this again I know I will be next time...

robertz, what status are you? This may have considerable bearing on your offered seats.

I'm Gold.

Rob

 

[AnonymousCoward]

Could one speculate that you checked in with WebCheck, then again with the Quick-check, so when finally boarding, the system coughped itself thinking you had 2 seats.

I think the "name mismatch" indicates that someone else has that seat according to the system (and the name on the boarding pass does not match the name of the person allocated to the seat). One of my colleagues got that error when boarding, and when I got onto the plane there was already someone else sitting in his seat.

 

[Dave Noble]

Very interesting Dave. Could one speculate that you checked in with WebCheck, then again with the Quick-check, so when finally boarding, the system coughped itself thinking you had 2 seats. (Or a couple of other scenarios )

No. I checked in online and at the airport I spoke to a human being and requested 12A and was given a BP for 12A.

The flight was full and when I got to the gate , the BP reader rejected the BP . At the service desk they had a business boarding pass already printed for me. The name mismatch error is quite understandable since someone else had been allocated 12A and my name wouldnt have matched the name of the person listed in the system as being assigned to 12A

Dave

 

[robertz]

No. I checked in online and at the airport I spoke to a human being and requested 12A and was given a BP for 12A.

The flight was full and when I got to the gate , the BP reader rejected the BP . At the service desk they had a business boarding pass already printed for me. The name mismatch error is quite understandable since someone else had been allocated 12A and my name wouldnt have matched the name of the person listed in the system as being assigned to 12A

Dave

Understood, but I was more alluding to how the OLCI was working with changing a seat allocation later.
I noticed on Satuday when I flew, I thought a lot of people's BP were being rejected. Reading your post, might be an answer why this was happening.
Might be just be a cooincedence.

Rob

 

[Dave Noble]

Understood, but I was more alluding to how the OLCI was working with changing a seat allocation later.
I noticed on Satuday when I flew, I thought a lot of people's BP were being rejected. Reading your post, might be an answer why this was happening.
Might be just be a cooincedence.

Rob

I think it is coincidence tbh. The seat change was done with a human not with OLCI. How they select people to involuntarily upgrade is something Id be interested in knowing.

Dave

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

I think it is coincidence tbh. The seat change was done with a human not with OLCI. How they select people to involuntarily upgrade is something Id be interested in knowing.

Dave

Wouldn't we all?

 

[Groundfeeder]

Used OLCI for first occasion yesterday, gave me 8A. Bag drop was reasonably faster than QP line.
At boarding gate, the FA scanned my piece of paper and then produced a normal BP for 2A - noice!!

 

[Skyring]

Problem I'm trying to get my head around is, if QF pre-allocate Dom seats before 24 hours, and don’t restrict some seats to P/G/S/QC, then how do I choose my seat if the plane is full. .
Theoretically all seats have been taken, even know a majority haven’t checked in yet.

Really, really confused how at least 60 - 70 seats could be taken if I was seq #6 (minus Intl Connections of course)

I had a similar experience last Friday. I was Seq 1, but most of the seats were shown as unavailable. As a (then) SG, I would have assmed I had a fair amount of choice, but no window seats were shown as vacant, let alone forward window seats.

I would think that pre-allocating seats shouldn't make them unavailable to passengers of higher status. For one thing, the passenger with that seat pre-allocated won't know which one it is until he does an OLCI or in some other way accesses the system. It's Schrodinger's box until that point.

Secondly, if I'm an SG member, I should be able to wallop PS and NB members out of their seats if they have better ones but they don't know about it yet. I really can't believe that every window seat ahead of mine in row 19 on a 734 was taken by a WP or senior SG.

 

[serfty]

... I really can't believe that every window seat ahead of mine in row 19 on a 734 was taken by a WP or senior SG.

Assuming this was a flight to/from CBR (The W@anker Capital of Oz) I can easily believe this.