Seat moved after online checkin

[DC3]

… where people do online check-in the old-fashioned way and print a static physical paper boarding pass …

I didn’t realise that passengers still did the paper-boarding-pass-print-from-home method. I guess that some still do that. All I ever seem to see is smart phones being used at the gate to scan.

 

[SYD]

I didn’t realise that passengers still did the paper-boarding-pass-print-from-home method. I guess that some still do that. All I ever seem to see is smart phones being used at the gate to scan.

I think you can still scan your FF card (physical or virtual) and it’ll print out one of those receipt style BPs? Don’t think I’ve done that since the days of “Totem Pole” checkin on arrival!

But the app also helps avoid nasty surprises. There’s a “View/Change seat” function that:
a) shows your current seat (if you’ve been moved you will see that), and
b) show remaining available seats*

Interestingly, that was still working AFTER I boarded a MEL-SYD yesterday. I don’t know what would happen if I changed onboard? ie see a free row and take myself off to another seat with updated BP on phone!

*although some seats might be blocked by then and can’t be selected. eg shadows etc

 

[justinbrett]

Interestingly, that was still working AFTER I boarded a MEL-SYD yesterday. I don’t know what would happen if I changed onboard? ie see a free row and take myself off to another seat with updated BP on phone!

It would fail.

 

[astrosly]

My experience is that it happens regularly. A few examples ...

Bumped from row 9 to 28 (last row up against wall) on a 717 from AYQ to ASP some years back, about 20mins before boarding. Something about seating a kid with his dad (why they didn't move the kid back rather than me, highly irksome). Got that sorted at the gate.

Moved from 1A to 1C about 1hr before boarding on flight to Noumea last year. The IFE wasn't working in 1A so I was moved to 1C without knowledge by QF. Gate staff explained why, I asked to be moved back as I wasn't going to use the IFE. On return flight I was called to ask if I wanted to be moved because IFE was still not working in 1A so I said no, I'm OK without IFE on the flight.

Today, moved from 6D to 18D on DHC-8 400 whilst waiting in the lounge. Lounge agent said because of trim as lightly loaded, I accept this which is why every second seat from row 2 to 6 is blocked out on the aircraft on check in, but is all of row 6 now empty? Erm no, I shouldn't have been moved as a WP so I quick call by agent and I was re-instated to row 5.