simongr
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Interesting experience on Friday. I preallocated 4A MEL-SYD on the 748 at about 3PM. Happily quaffing away in the J lounge and decided to saunter to the gate. Scan the QFF card and "Passenger not found" shows up. Off to the service desk to be told I have deboarded and bumped to the next flight at 3:30. Spewing I was told to go to the service desk who could explain.
Down to gate 1 (from gate 10) and about to launch into DYKWIA and the agent tells me it seems that I never checked in...
Oops - I was sure I had checked in yesterday but maybe I didnt finalise it...
So slightly now resigned to getting the 3:30 when after a bit of tippety tap I am given a new BP for 4F on the 3PM.
Back to gate 10 where they have been called to say I am coming. I was thinking I would be the one holding up boarding when in fact the queue is still in the aero bridge and there is actually someone boarding after me. Manage to find some space in the overhead (in J though as row 4 is full - I don't feel too bad as J is fully loaded and there is still space) and plop myself down in 4F.
So a few thoughts spring to mind...
1 - I was sure I had OLCI'd and am not sure if it was a quirk of the system or my failure
2 - How on a pretty full flight is 4F empty? I can't believe that in the time that I tried to get back on the flight the original pax in 4F was bumped to J and hadn't boarded at that point.
3 - Why couldnt the service desk at gate 10 put me back on the flight when the service desk at gate 1 could? Note I am not saying I deserved to be on the 3PM given I might have failed to check in - just intrigued
I don't think it will happen again...
Down to gate 1 (from gate 10) and about to launch into DYKWIA and the agent tells me it seems that I never checked in...
Oops - I was sure I had checked in yesterday but maybe I didnt finalise it...
So slightly now resigned to getting the 3:30 when after a bit of tippety tap I am given a new BP for 4F on the 3PM.
Back to gate 10 where they have been called to say I am coming. I was thinking I would be the one holding up boarding when in fact the queue is still in the aero bridge and there is actually someone boarding after me. Manage to find some space in the overhead (in J though as row 4 is full - I don't feel too bad as J is fully loaded and there is still space) and plop myself down in 4F.
So a few thoughts spring to mind...
1 - I was sure I had OLCI'd and am not sure if it was a quirk of the system or my failure
2 - How on a pretty full flight is 4F empty? I can't believe that in the time that I tried to get back on the flight the original pax in 4F was bumped to J and hadn't boarded at that point.
3 - Why couldnt the service desk at gate 10 put me back on the flight when the service desk at gate 1 could? Note I am not saying I deserved to be on the 3PM given I might have failed to check in - just intrigued
I don't think it will happen again...