Originally Posted by
ayroplain
If you've checked in online and printed your boarding pass prior to the 24 hours ahead of your flight, when it is time to board how will you know what seat you have been allocated?
Good question, I've been asking the same thing myself! I have to assume that at the gate they will write the seat number on your boarding pass, or else give you another one. But I can't see how they can do this without considerable extra complexity at boarding. (The promised smartphone boarding passes will already require barcode scanners to be installed at the gates.)