QF checked in online but wont issue electronic boarding pass!?!?

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Has anyone had this occur to them before?
I'm baffled. Got QF35 in the morning and booked to sit down the back with mother in law. Online check in went through but then the system refused to issue my boarding pass.

MIL's issued no problem.

Bit concerned I might be in trouble for being so chatty and friendly to chef Linda last month in SIN...

Is this just a tech glitch? My first instinct was faulty seat but there are still plenty of unallocated spaces on the flight.

Edited to confirm: Qantas app says pick up boarding pass at the airport. So just baffled... QR code system down maybe!?
 
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Meh. All an adventure. Will let you guys know if I've been banned and blacklisted in the morning, I guess!
It often happens if the system deems they need a human to check something. Most of the tine it's really nothing. Just curious but did you put in your APIS data correctly? Maybe you made a mistake there.
 
It often happens if the system deems they need a human to check something. Most of the tine it's really nothing. Just curious but did you put in your APIS data correctly? Maybe you made a mistake there.
Everything looks fine, mate.

Not a stress either way. Just puzzling. Gotta drop mum in law's bag off so not like I could smooch into the flounge ultra early.
 
I had this happen on a domestic flight a year or 2 ago.

I was required to produce ID at the airport to verify identity. I took it as some sort of anti-fraud or know your customer measure.
 
I’ve had maybe one international boarding pass issued by QF last year? The rest were all ‘you are checked in but we can’t issue you a boarding pass. Please proceed to the airport’ (or words similar to that)

Never been an issue! Seat allocation has stayed the same.
 
The last two times an airline wouldn't let me have a boarding pass was because they had moved me to an exit row and wanted to check I met the capability criteria before handing it to me.
 

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