 Poster: A snowHead
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Another tip. When we have booked a hire car, the Other Half and I always "divide and conquer" - ie, he stays and waits for the bags to offload and I go straight through to the car hire desk thus being ahead of all those who have waited for their bags. On an ideal day, by the time he has the bags I have completed all the car hire paperwork and we can head straight off. As daughter is now 6 she decides which parent she will accompany. (I usually drive when we are in Europe as OH will only drive an automatic and I am too parsimonious to pay the supplement for it!)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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We flew Gatwick - Grenoble last year with Easyjet. It was the first in a few years that we'd used them, and we were quite impressed. Particularly useful was the ability to check in for early flights (before 08.30) the night before. We ditched our bags, got our boarding passes, and wandered across to the Sofitel.
In the morning, we got up at a sensible time and breezed straight through security.
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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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I usually drive when we are in Europe as OH will only drive an automatic and I am too parsimonious to pay the supplement for it!
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 and they're not ideal on snow, either.
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Particularly useful was the ability to check in for early flights (before 08.30) the night before
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I can see that's a very clever trick if you're in a hotel at the airport but am still interested in the answer to my question about online check in where you have to travel to the airport. If you miss the flight, have you shot your bolt?
The whole business of "check in", if it is divorced both from being physically at the airport AND doing all the baggage bits, must surely be a bit pointless?
If people are in possession of a valid booking, why can they not just be deemed to have "checked in"? I haven't flown for a bit but they still do a 100% passport check, don't they, whether you check in at the airport, or at home, and regardless of whether you have luggage or not.
What value, precisely, does the "check in" (at the computer terminal, in the case of easyJet at Geneva) add to the process either for the passenger or the airline?
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brian
brian
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pam w, I think the only thing it offers them is confirmation you intend to fly. Obviously this will be true of the vast majority of bought tickets but there will always be a few where people can't travel or bought the ticket because it was so cheap and then can't use it or whatever. If they know they have all checked in passengers aboard, then they can close the gate/leave early if possible.
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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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| brian wrote: |
| ...confirmation you intend to fly. Obviously this will be true of the vast majority of bought tickets... |
It always amazes me how many people purchase tickets and then just don't turn up. I don't mean those that get lost in the shops or the bar  , just those who don't turn up at the airport. I could probably count on both hands over the six years that I've been wirh eJ, the amount of times that the 'booked' and 'actual' are the same.
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| pam w wrote: |
| Chambery is a bit unusual. I got off the plane on "autopilot", not really paying attention, actually looking for the loo, and suddenly realised I was out in the lobby thing, ready to go out to the carpark, and there had been no "immigration" check. That, plus free parking right outside the door, was a bit special - but it was a quiet Tuesday night. I gather it can be very different on a busy Saturday. alex_heney, that sounds a bit "skin of the teeth"! |
It is 5 minutes drive from the beach to the airport car park, then less than 5 minutes walk from there to security. And the gates no more than that from security. We had "checked in" online before even flying out.
Jersey is a very small and quite informal airport 
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Boredsurfing, tell me about it!
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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I havent flown with easyjet for a few years and wondering now.....do you not get seats allocated? I have kids 10 and 12 so will i just be boarded with the majority or get speedy as i have kids or do they have to be under 5
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polo99, they have to under 5. But as they're 10 & 12, you might strike lucky and get to sit at the other end of the a/c from them 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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brian
brian
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I should think that, for kids that age, sitting separately from their parents would be infinitely preferable, make them feel really grown up.
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You know it makes sense.
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| ajrduff wrote: |
We flew Gatwick - Grenoble last year with Easyjet. It was the first in a few years that we'd used them, and we were quite impressed. Particularly useful was the ability to check in for early flights (before 08.30) the night before. We ditched our bags, got our boarding passes, and wandered across to the Sofitel.
In the morning, we got up at a sensible time and breezed straight through security. |
Does anyone know if that facility is offered at Luton? We have a 06.30 flight at half term and are staying over the night before so it would be really helpful.
I'd ask them online but they still haven't replied to my baggage allowance query from last Tuesday.
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FAQ
Is it that long, ferk, I'm getting old time is passing far to quick 
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