BA Print your own boarding pass??
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brakedwell: Regarding BA's Online check-in. If two tickets have been booked online will the system accept both passengers? Last time tried to do this in September it would only issue one seat for myself and my wife. Cosy, but not very practical!
However, anyone can register to use OLCI. The only difference is that BA Exec Club members can get in at -24h, and non-members who are website-registered can OLCI only at -12h.
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helen49, apparently there is something called a citizencard, which would allow your OAP to travel.
Stud3, do easyjet allow a fax of the relevant passport page, or does it have to be original? I wasn't offered this but, in hindsight, could have provided this in time to catch the next flight.
Tandemrotor, it would be churlish of me not to travel with Easyjet in the future, despite their lack of "encouragement". On the day in question, the choices were either BA or bmi from LHR, or flybe from SOU, all in excess of £200 return, or easyjet from LTN, at £39 return! Flight times roughly comparable. As I am currently engaged on a "govt" project, requiring me to travel on a domestic flight, at least once per week until July, I am sure that you will appreciate my attempts (however insignificant), to keep the costs to the taxpayer down!!
Stud3, do easyjet allow a fax of the relevant passport page, or does it have to be original? I wasn't offered this but, in hindsight, could have provided this in time to catch the next flight.
Tandemrotor, it would be churlish of me not to travel with Easyjet in the future, despite their lack of "encouragement". On the day in question, the choices were either BA or bmi from LHR, or flybe from SOU, all in excess of £200 return, or easyjet from LTN, at £39 return! Flight times roughly comparable. As I am currently engaged on a "govt" project, requiring me to travel on a domestic flight, at least once per week until July, I am sure that you will appreciate my attempts (however insignificant), to keep the costs to the taxpayer down!!
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stockpicker I have done this before when travelling to the USA with BA (pre-911 mind you) just to see what it was like. When I handed over my two pages of printout from the website which purported to be my boarding card etc etc I semi expected check-in to laugh and throw it back at me but nothing of the sort - all was fine! In fact I had chosen my seat and that was all set too!
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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Ryanair only accept 4 forms of ID to speed up check-in procedure's, and the student card is only one type the ISIC (International Student Identity Card) it is similar to a Photo Driving licence and is computer produced.
They don't accept Matric Cards, Military ID's and Airport passes as you said.
As has already been said if people just read the terms and conditions!!
"Makes you wonder how come Ryanair will not accept an official airport ID (with all the additional security background checks) as photographic ID, but will accept a student ID card. The student ID card being nothing more than a photo booth photograph stuck onto a piece of card with prit stick! I myself had 3 seperate ID's with different names, but my mug on when I was a student in order to maximise discounts offered by local bars."
They don't accept Matric Cards, Military ID's and Airport passes as you said.
As has already been said if people just read the terms and conditions!!
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In answer to you questions....and why carriers have implemented this new method for checkin,
1 Its for customer convenience and saves money. Prior to this the carriers had to provide the boarding card,so a piece of a4 is a lot cheaper. Self checkin saved the costs of the checkin desks and agent to staff them. This goes one further, saves the rent of the self checkin machines which I think BAA charge about £5000 a year for each site,but maybe wrong on the figures.
2 I am sure there will be a time when the DeTR will need some better proof of the person standing in front of you is the person that checked in at home. Im not sure what BA's procedures are with this, but they would have to be lock tight.
3 No need to clip and cut the paper...the bar code should suffice.
But in reality its for customer convenience and cost saving and also gets the customer to the BAA shops quicker and god knows they need to add to the $2.9 billion they have made since 9/11.
1 Its for customer convenience and saves money. Prior to this the carriers had to provide the boarding card,so a piece of a4 is a lot cheaper. Self checkin saved the costs of the checkin desks and agent to staff them. This goes one further, saves the rent of the self checkin machines which I think BAA charge about £5000 a year for each site,but maybe wrong on the figures.
2 I am sure there will be a time when the DeTR will need some better proof of the person standing in front of you is the person that checked in at home. Im not sure what BA's procedures are with this, but they would have to be lock tight.
3 No need to clip and cut the paper...the bar code should suffice.
But in reality its for customer convenience and cost saving and also gets the customer to the BAA shops quicker and god knows they need to add to the $2.9 billion they have made since 9/11.
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Sorry to hear about your missed flight, but I think the issue of Easyjet's photo-id requirements must have been discussed on hundreds of threads on PPRuNe over the last couple of years, and cannot believe you weren't aware of it.
You have obviously also seen at least one of those airport progs on the box, I've seen a couple myself and the issue appears to be frequently aired there as well.
Sorry to rub it in, but I think you should have known better
Stockpicker
Blue Peter boarding cards - why bother? I can't see any great benefit over check-in machines for either pax or airline, and I suspect that BA may only have bought them in to satisfy those people who say "On United/Continental/Delta I can print my own card, why can't I do it on BA"?
Sorry to hear about your missed flight, but I think the issue of Easyjet's photo-id requirements must have been discussed on hundreds of threads on PPRuNe over the last couple of years, and cannot believe you weren't aware of it.
You have obviously also seen at least one of those airport progs on the box, I've seen a couple myself and the issue appears to be frequently aired there as well.
Sorry to rub it in, but I think you should have known better
Stockpicker
Blue Peter boarding cards - why bother? I can't see any great benefit over check-in machines for either pax or airline, and I suspect that BA may only have bought them in to satisfy those people who say "On United/Continental/Delta I can print my own card, why can't I do it on BA"?
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SLF, as previously mentioned, this is the first time in my life that I have ever had to provide Photo-id for a "domestic" flight. Whilst I have watched "Airline" a couple of times, ID was only an issue for ex-UK flights on those programmes. Although I am not a "frequent" flyer, I have made four domestic flights this year, all without the need to show photo-ID, so I was just not expecting it. It was the total intransigence of the customer service representative that was particularly annoying, he was obviously not prepared to try and assist, even though I had sufficient ID on me, which would have let me travel on bmi and BA. It would certainly help if this was a requirement across all airlines, then at least we would know where we are!
Still interested to know whether a photocopy would have been acceptable.
Still interested to know whether a photocopy would have been acceptable.
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Thanks to all concerned, this has been a really helpful thread (and to answer the question, yes I was travelling from EDI).
Just one last thing - if I forget my homemade boarding card, can I get another at the airport or am I stuffed?
Just one last thing - if I forget my homemade boarding card, can I get another at the airport or am I stuffed?
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FYI
For anybody that uses OLCI for travel with BA out of LGW.
I noticed this last week but this is the first opportunity that I have had to let you know.
You may have noticed that on the printout you are told to take your bags to Zone D for fast bag drop, it seems that this is being printed for all destinations, this is not the case so the following applies:
Longhaul Fast Bag Drop - Zone D
Shorthaul and Domestic Fast Bag Drop - Zone C
Please don't be offended if you are redirected to Zone C to drop your bags, unfortunatly the belts system prevents us from putting Domestic or Shorthaul bags down Zone D (if we do they stand a greater chance of not making the flight)
Hope this helps
Rgds
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For anybody that uses OLCI for travel with BA out of LGW.
I noticed this last week but this is the first opportunity that I have had to let you know.
You may have noticed that on the printout you are told to take your bags to Zone D for fast bag drop, it seems that this is being printed for all destinations, this is not the case so the following applies:
Longhaul Fast Bag Drop - Zone D
Shorthaul and Domestic Fast Bag Drop - Zone C
Please don't be offended if you are redirected to Zone C to drop your bags, unfortunatly the belts system prevents us from putting Domestic or Shorthaul bags down Zone D (if we do they stand a greater chance of not making the flight)
Hope this helps
Rgds
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newswatcher.. I think you will find a fax copy is not acceptable.
Taken from www.easyjet.com is the following
The airline requires all passengers to provide photographic ID at check-in on all flights including domestic services.
Acceptable forms of ID on UK domestic flights are:
A valid passport - an expired passport can be used up to a maximum of two years after expiry
Valid photographic EU or Swiss national identity card
Valid photographic driving licence
Valid armed forces identity card
Valid police warrant card/badge
Valid airport employees security identity pass
A child on parent' s passport is an acceptable form of ID
CitizenCard
Valid photographic firearm certificate
Valid Government-issued identity card
SMART card
Electoral identity card
Pension Book
FTL
Taken from www.easyjet.com is the following
The airline requires all passengers to provide photographic ID at check-in on all flights including domestic services.
Acceptable forms of ID on UK domestic flights are:
A valid passport - an expired passport can be used up to a maximum of two years after expiry
Valid photographic EU or Swiss national identity card
Valid photographic driving licence
Valid armed forces identity card
Valid police warrant card/badge
Valid airport employees security identity pass
A child on parent' s passport is an acceptable form of ID
CitizenCard
Valid photographic firearm certificate
Valid Government-issued identity card
SMART card
Electoral identity card
Pension Book
FTL
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Stockpicker, just to pick up your final point which appears to have gone un-answered...
Don't worry about losing your print out. You'll just have to queue to get a new one. Airline staff generally aren't too worried about re-printing boarding passes, it's only when you ask to re-print tickets that you'll hit problems!
Incidentally, the motive behind this trial is purely to save money. BA currently has a target of 100% e-ticketing by the end of this year, and 50% of pax to self-service check-in (target date un-specified).
Don't worry about losing your print out. You'll just have to queue to get a new one. Airline staff generally aren't too worried about re-printing boarding passes, it's only when you ask to re-print tickets that you'll hit problems!
Incidentally, the motive behind this trial is purely to save money. BA currently has a target of 100% e-ticketing by the end of this year, and 50% of pax to self-service check-in (target date un-specified).
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From a corporate website....
British Airways Home Printed Boarding Pass
From February 2004, British Airways travellers flying out of Edinburgh will be able to print their boarding pass at home as part of the Online Check-in service. This is initially a three month trial with the intention to roll it out from May 2004 onwards. The trial aims to actively encourage travellers to get the best from British Airways' Online Check-in facilities.
Your Edinburgh travellers will be able to check-in from their own computer, and then print a Home Printed Boarding Pass on plain A4 paper. Once at the airport, your travellers can then proceed directly to the Boarding Pass Check at Central Search in Edinburgh Airport.
All travellers need to take a photo ID* with them, plus their Home Printed Boarding Pass printout. The Home Printed Boarding Pass will include a 2D barcode containing airport, flight, seat, and name information. This barcode will then be scanned by BAA security staff at the Boarding Pass Check and the details compared against your traveller's photo ID.
If your travellers have bags to check-in, they can simply use the kiosks and the Fast Bag Drop facilities.
For more information please visit batraveltrade.com
British Airways Home Printed Boarding Pass
From February 2004, British Airways travellers flying out of Edinburgh will be able to print their boarding pass at home as part of the Online Check-in service. This is initially a three month trial with the intention to roll it out from May 2004 onwards. The trial aims to actively encourage travellers to get the best from British Airways' Online Check-in facilities.
Your Edinburgh travellers will be able to check-in from their own computer, and then print a Home Printed Boarding Pass on plain A4 paper. Once at the airport, your travellers can then proceed directly to the Boarding Pass Check at Central Search in Edinburgh Airport.
All travellers need to take a photo ID* with them, plus their Home Printed Boarding Pass printout. The Home Printed Boarding Pass will include a 2D barcode containing airport, flight, seat, and name information. This barcode will then be scanned by BAA security staff at the Boarding Pass Check and the details compared against your traveller's photo ID.
If your travellers have bags to check-in, they can simply use the kiosks and the Fast Bag Drop facilities.
For more information please visit batraveltrade.com
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I saw this too in the edinburgh evening news
apparently they scan the barcode on your way through to security to confirm is a legit home printed boarding pass. Don't understand what's so great about it though, as with an ATB ticket can still make it airside and then check in at the gate - no photo ID required.
A quick £30 or so on a cheapo ATB ticket EDI-LHR or whatever and you've got airside access with no need to fake ID or anything - or am I wrong in thinking it's this easy ?
Recently entered international departures at Heathrow and showed an ATB ticket for a flight that was yet to check in for - had carry on only chose to check in at the lounge. Security staff did not ask to check passport (although this was examined airside when i checked in with bmi).
Kes.
apparently they scan the barcode on your way through to security to confirm is a legit home printed boarding pass. Don't understand what's so great about it though, as with an ATB ticket can still make it airside and then check in at the gate - no photo ID required.
A quick £30 or so on a cheapo ATB ticket EDI-LHR or whatever and you've got airside access with no need to fake ID or anything - or am I wrong in thinking it's this easy ?
Recently entered international departures at Heathrow and showed an ATB ticket for a flight that was yet to check in for - had carry on only chose to check in at the lounge. Security staff did not ask to check passport (although this was examined airside when i checked in with bmi).
Kes.
