 Poster: A snowHead
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If you use Easyjet's new online check-in facility what boarding priority do you get? Are you in the first group of people that board the plane, or something else?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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rob@rar.org.uk, how fast can you run? 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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If you mean the self-sevice ones at the airport, then exactly the same as you would if you went to a desk.....ie whatever category that they are up to when you check in.
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rob@rar.org.uk, you get a boarding number sames as the normal check in. If you want priority boarding take a child in a push chair or borrow some crutches from someone.
I have a spare pair of crutches if you want some 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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rob@rar.org.uk, with the on-line check-in, for those of you with only hand baggage, the boarding priority is D. For the all night check in at Gatwick (if your flight is before 0830 you can check in your baggage from 2000 the previous day,) the boarding will be as normal. ie: the first 30 will get group A, the next 30 B etc.
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Thanks Michelle. So there's no point in using the online check-in if you prefer to get onboard early?
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Not really 
What airport are you travelling from and do you have baggage to check in?
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Abduct a child - hand it back once on the plane 
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| Michelle wrote: |
Not really
What airport are you travelling from and do you have baggage to check in? |
Gatwick; no just hand luggage.
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If your flight is before 0830 and you can get there the evening before, then it's worth checking in then.
The benefit of the on-line check in though of course, is that you just walk straight though the airport... no queues at the desk 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Michelle wrote: |
If your flight is before 0830 and you can get there the evening before, then it's worth checking in then.
The benefit of the on-line check in though of course, is that you just walk straight though the airport... no queues at the desk |
I do have an early flight, but I don't think it's worth making an additional trip to LGW. As you say, online check-in does mean I get to avoid the queue the desk, even if I'm not on the plane itself that promptly.
Thanks for the advice.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Why are you bothered about priority boarding? Do you feel the need to demonstrate that you think that you are more important or more worthy of being first on board than any one else? Easyjet do not have allocated seating therefore it doesn't really matter if you board first, last or in the middle. You have a seat you just don't know which one, the flight won't go without you (up to a point) so what's the rush? Have an extra beer and stroll on at the end. 
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halfhand, thank goodness not everyone feels that way... we'd never depart!
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You know it makes sense.
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Michelle, Yes but not everyone will feel that way only the sheep and push merchants who want to make a statement. Puts me in mind of the old Ben Elton sketch about getting on the train - "double seat, double seat, gotta get a double seat." Seriously don't you often stand there and think " what are these w*****s doing crowding round the departure gate, pushing in the queue to be first on board. Perhaps if DifficultJet introduced allocated seating then there would be no need for threads such as this one and don't try to tell me that it would costly to introduce allocated seating as that would be total ballcocks!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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halfhand, I certainly think if you're travelling alone (or perhaps if there's just two) then I agree with you, there is no need to get hyped up about priority booking etc. But if you're in a larger group, then it's only natural to want to be seated together, and with no seat allocations, this means being fairly early onto the plane (though given the size of most planes you only need to be around the half-way point to have a good chance of staying together).
Like rob@rar.org.uk, I too am going with just handluggage. Saturday night turn up to dump my suitcases and skis on the coach that all but four of us are going to have to endure to Meribel for 20hrs+, meanwhile, we return home, have a good kip, wake up the next morning, fly out and (probably) get to the resort before everyone else! Ah, the wonders of flight! 
I'm flying with easyjet from Brizzle on the 9th, my first time with them... If I hear as many announcements informing those at the airport that (yet another) easyjet flight has been delayed as I did last time I was at Geneva then it may be my last flight too.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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halfhand, it wasn;t you shouting at Geneva on Friday 11th about 'DifficultJet' was it? They seemed to be having trouble with the very simple self-check in. I missed the screen to choose your language, and checked in in French. It was really easy, and we passed by many people milling around trying to work out what to do. It isn't difficlut folks, just press the buttons and follow the instructions, a bit like your bank ATM really, and you can all use that. I can't see why everyone complains all the time. If Easyjet are so bad don't use them . Personally if it wasn't for Easyjet, I'd be stuck with charter flights and Thomson holidays, cos no b**ger else flys from Newcastle direct to anywhere with snow.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| halfhand wrote: |
| Why are you bothered about priority boarding? Do you feel the need to demonstrate that you think that you are more important or more worthy of being first on board than any one else? |
I travel with hand luggage only. I like to be in Board Group A because that means I get in the first couple of rows of seats, preferably Row 1. That means I get off the plane first, straight through Immigration, avoiding baggage reclaim and immediately to the car hire desk. The quickest I've been from touch-down to leaving GVA car park in my rental car is just under 20 minutes. In that time most people are still trying to collect all their suitcases in the baggage reclaim hall.
I don't have any desire to demonstrate my importance by getting on any plane, first, last or smuggled on with the crew. Do you feel the need to demonstrate your importance by questioning the supposed motives of others?
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I travel with hand luggage only. I like to be in Board Group A because that means I get in the first couple of rows of seats, preferably Row 1. That means I get off the plane first, straight through Immigration, avoiding baggage reclaim and immediately to the car hire desk.
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I think that proves my point.
Helen Beaumont, No it wasn't me at Geneva. Part of me wishes it was as it would mean that I had done some more skiing  BTW I actually don't mind Easyjet and apart from one instance a couple of years ago I have never had a probelm. I use them regularly both on my own and as a family and find the check in staff and cabin crew reasonable and helpful.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| halfhand wrote: |
| I think that proves my point. |
How so? I don;t think it does at all. I think in this case Rob's got it bang on right, the only reason he wants an early boarding is so he can get away quickly. Normally I don;t mind waiting to get off the plane as I know that even after we queue through customs etc we'll still be waiting for baggage to be off-loaded, but if yo have no bags to collect, welll - why wait?
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halfhand, they were much to loud a rude to be a SnowHead anyway. Forgive me, I'd had rather too much mothers day pampering yesterday. As it involved a bottle of champagne yesterday evening, you'll get my drift.
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Helen Beaumont, Ahh the dangers of computer use when over the limit . Hope the champagne was good.
Ok a little back-peddling on my part: I accept that if travelling light you may want to get off the plane quickly and get through immigration and on your way but really I don't think it matters where you sit on one of those things. Once the plane stops you might wait 5mins before you can get off and if most people have got checked-in baggage then you'll still be away before the crowds.
Possibly a bit of a generalisation on my part initially but there are individuals who do want to make a show of being first on, at the front, we've all heard and seen them
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rob@rar.org.uk, if Michelle is right (and why not, she should know!) I will get pre-boarding on account of being unfeasibly tall... perhaps you need to borrow a pair of stilts, not crutches?
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| halfhand wrote: |
| Possibly a bit of a generalisation on my part initially but there are individuals who do want to make a show of being first on, at the front, we've all heard and seen them |
Aren't they known as "first class passengers"?
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I think that proves my point. |
Really? In what way?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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rob@rar.org.uk, the last time I tried your trick for a weekend away, my hand luggage got taken off me at check in, then sent to the wrong city. 
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We did hand luggage last weekend BA from Heathrow to Lyon. We landed and within 15 mins we were at car hire desk. No we weren't in row 1 but row 10.
I think we have it sorted. Check in on-line and turn up 45 mins before flight with rucksack. That is the only way to ski from now on.
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Mouth, as soon as we have our storage room, that's what our short trips will be. I can wash the ski gear before we leave and leave it behind. The skis are there already.
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You know it makes sense.
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Helen Beaumont, Yes it makes such a difference I can tell you!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Kramer wrote: |
| rob@rar.org.uk, the last time I tried your trick for a weekend away, my hand luggage got taken off me at check in, then sent to the wrong city. |
I've once had my carry-on luggage taken off me and placed in the hold. The flight (Geneva to Heathrow) was full, and by the time most people had boarded there was no more room in the overhead lockers. As I was one of the last onboard (heavy traffic delayed me getting to the airport) I had no choice but to give my wheely case to the Cabin Crew so they could get the ground staff to put it in the hold. It was a pain as the delay for luggage return at Heathrow is normally very bad, but at least my case actually got to the same destination as me!
I suppose the moral of the tale is don't leave it too late to board a very full flight, as you might get parted from your hand luggage.
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Poster: A snowHead
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If you are on a Easyjet flight which means taking a bus from the terminal to the plane then dont worry about being in Group A as this will mean you are first on the bus not on the plane as other groups get on the bus after you and get off first on to the plane!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Helen Beaumont wrote: |
| halfhand, it wasn;t you shouting at Geneva on Friday 11th about 'DifficultJet' was it? They seemed to be having trouble with the very simple self-check in. I missed the screen to choose your language, and checked in in French. It was really easy, and we passed by many people milling around trying to work out what to do. It isn't difficlut folks, just press the buttons and follow the instructions, a bit like your bank ATM really, and you can all use that. I can't see why everyone complains all the time. If Easyjet are so bad don't use them . Personally if it wasn't for Easyjet, I'd be stuck with charter flights and Thomson holidays, cos no b**ger else flys from Newcastle direct to anywhere with snow. |
Actually I didn't really understand the set up at Geneva - you queue to use a self check-in machine and then because everyone has to use them you join a longer queue to actually check in your luggage. Maybe gives the check-in staff marginally less to do but its not like it really smoothes the queueing system (except for hand luggage only)
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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rob@rar.org.uk, not without royalities if you patent the "business process" first
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fatbob, I didn't say that I saw the point of them, lots of people seemed to be having difficulty working out how to use the machines, which were easy to use. The queues for the luggage belt were also much smaller than normal and we were checked in in about 5 minutes both times we've used them.
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If people used easy jet the way it was intended then it would be. Easy that is.
Instead you get gangs of people milling about waiting to be told what to do and shown how to do it. It is simply a matter of following a few written instructions. That is why it is cheap.
If people who want to be waited on hand and foot because they are no holiday would just bug off and use a tour operator, them the rest of us could get on with it!! I suxpect these idiots are the reason that prices are creaping up.
Personally I have always found easyjet to be quick, courteous, helpful and EASY. They even let me check in for a flight that was due to fly at 6 thirty when I arrived at 8 o'clock having got the timetable wrong (the summer timetable started a week earlier than I expected) because luckily for me it had been delayed for 2 and a half hours!!
The other passengers weren't so happy but I still enjoyed the free drink we all got as compensation for the delay!!
Jo
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oopalley, this is my experience too, I assume from your location you were using Newcastle airport, perhaps they have a better class of staff up here, and are more courteous. Ryanair were fine too when we flew to Bergamo last Summer. The flight is only a means of getting from A to B, no-one expects a train or bus service to provide waitress service.
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