PLS HELP: use of tickets with connection

In article ,
AJC wrote:

On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 14:41:32 GMT, Not the Karl Orff
wrote:

In article ,
AJC wrote:


KL, BA, SQ allow web check-in for international flights.

Sorry, I meant to say, "and PRINT your boarding pass". I can fly NW and
not have to deal with an airline agent or deal with airline machinery
until I get to the gate!


Ah yes, that is different. Are the NW boarding passes printed with bar
codes?

yes. Rather nice. However, if you are flying from Asia, they only let
you checkin and print 4 hours in advance (or that was the case when they
first extended this to Asia a few months ago). Not much good for a 6 am
flight! You can even web checkin for KLM flights from the U.S. and
parts of Canada except Toronto.

BTW, it appear as that you can't check in by web and print your BP if
originating in Europe.

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AJC wrote:


Well I've never seen bar code reading machines at gates in Europe,
only in the US. Of course they could enter the details manually but
wouldn't want too many of those. Departing AMS you can now check in at

I can't remember when I last flew NW from Europe in 2001 (AMS) but
looking at it, you can web checkin from FRA, LGW, AMS and CDG for n/s
flights to the U.S. More European airports are supposed to be added
this year.

the web site from 30 hours before departure, currently only for hand
luggage only, but I was in the airport on Sunday and saw some work
going on where they are installing some new machines for passengers
with luggage. Hopefully we can then check-in on-line and do whatever
with the luggage at the machine.

It'd be nice if KL (and a good many of the other airlines) adopts some
of the stuff that NW has developed.

here's an illustrated process including sample BP:

http://www.nwa.com/checkin/

"AJC" schreef in bericht
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KL has always been rather conservative, though they tend to update
infrequently but in large steps. Their booking/ticketing procedure was
rather outdated then was upgraded to be one of the best, imo. Booking
is now very user friendly and the e-ticket receipt arrives as a .pdf
within seconds. Their check-in/boarding pass machines at AMS are also
one of the few types I have seen that will work on a passport as well
as FF and credit card.

I have never got them to work for me. Not with my FF card, not with a
passport. I tried 3 or 4 times, never worked, went to manual check-in, asked
the agent what was wrong, he/she would say something along the lines of
"half the time those machines don't work", and ever since I check-in in the
old fashioned way.
Much nicer actually to have some human to human interaction.

Sjoerd