British Airways the best?

katejo

Doshwaster wrote: »

I can't say that it has ever bothered me. With mobile boarding passes you can check-in wherever you are and there's no need to find a printer.

I have started to use those but don't want to rely on them 100%. Prefer to have a paper back up copy.

bluenoseam

katejo wrote: »

I have started to use those but don't want to rely on them 100%. Prefer to have a paper back up copy.

I'm a kinda paranoid traveler & much prefer to have something "physical" there for my own peace of mind - namely as I go through the checklist of things before I leave the house. Where some people have nightmares about the flights or turbulence, my nightmare is turning up at the airport having forgotten something. (That's what I keep telling myself to avoid the suggestion that it's an OCD thing!)

Doshwaster

bluenoseam wrote: »

I'm a kinda paranoid traveler & much prefer to have something "physical" there for my own peace of mind - namely as I go through the checklist of things before I leave the house. Where some people have nightmares about the flights or turbulence, my nightmare is turning up at the airport having forgotten something. (That's what I keep telling myself to avoid the suggestion that it's an OCD thing!)

One reason that I like mobile boarding passes is that I was terrible at losing the paper versions. I'd just stuff it in a pocket, use it as a book mark or leave it in the bar and not be able to find it when I needed it. You just have to keep an eye on the battery level of your mobile.

andyfromotley

It may just be me but generally speaking i couldnt care less about which airline i fly with. As an economy flyer the seats tend to be pretty much the same, the food is always similar, same films etc etc its all much of a muchness.

The things that dictate whether i enjoy a flight are all pretty much outside of the airlines control, price, was i delayed, is the person sitting next to me really annoying?

Maybe its a bit differnt if youre travelling up near the nose, but in cattle class its all the same imo.

katejo

bluenoseam wrote: »

I'm a kinda paranoid traveler & much prefer to have something "physical" there for my own peace of mind - namely as I go through the checklist of things before I leave the house. Where some people have nightmares about the flights or turbulence, my nightmare is turning up at the airport having forgotten something. (That's what I keep telling myself to avoid the suggestion that it's an OCD thing!)

I do similar checks many times over! I get stressed about being ill before my holiday. Flying to Berlin on Tuesday but have had an infection for the past week.

katejo

Doshwaster wrote: »

One reason that I like mobile boarding passes is that I was terrible at losing the paper versions. I'd just stuff it in a pocket, use it as a book mark or leave it in the bar and not be able to find it when I needed it. You just have to keep an eye on the battery level of your mobile.

But what if your phone is stolen when you are abroad? I keep a copy on the phone, the iPod and 2 printed copies in a folder.

bluenoseam

Doshwaster wrote: »

One reason that I like mobile boarding passes is that I was terrible at losing the paper versions. I'd just stuff it in a pocket, use it as a book mark or leave it in the bar and not be able to find it when I needed it. You just have to keep an eye on the battery level of your mobile.

Further proof I'm an old man in a 30 year old body, I have one of those travel document holders which holds everything which is one of the first things in my hand luggage. Every time I get a boarding pass I stick it in my passport & into that, checking every so often that it's still in there.

(totally not helping myself with the whole OCD thing by saying that am I!)

I've also been relatively lucky, of the long haul flights I've taken I've mostly had front row seats in the cabin, granted low sample size but still a bit crazy. Remember my flight home from NY in 2009 looking along the row of 10 seats & me being the only person under 5ft 10in in the front row! (an absurdity pointed out plainly as I'm only 5ft 6ish)

SW17

katejo wrote: »

But what if your phone is stolen when you are abroad? I keep a copy on the phone, the iPod and 2 printed copies in a folder.

That's really belt and braces.

Honestly, if my phone were stolen, boarding passes would not be top of my concerns. In any case, unless it was stolen on the way to the airport, you'd have the opportunity to reprint and many airlines will print them for you at the airport for free (not Ryanair obviously, and maybe some other LCCs).

Can understand why you do it if it gives you peace of mind, but as I travel a lot, it's too much effort to print as well. I have been known to print copies when travelling Ryanair with the family, but generally I'm more bothered by the airlines and airports that don't support mobile BPs.

Doshwaster

katejo wrote: »

But what if your phone is stolen when you are abroad? I keep a copy on the phone, the iPod and 2 printed copies in a folder.

Any half decent airline (i.e. not Ryanair) will happily print you another boarding pass for free. I'd be more worried about blocking the phone than the BP which is on it.

The only thing you really have to worry about it losing your passport and that's something I've managed to avoid in 20+ years of international travel despite me being capable of losing anything within moments.

Last year I managed to leave my house keys in a hotel in Portugal. I didn't realise until I got home but fortunately a friend who live nearby has a spare set for emergencies like this and the hotel posted the keys to me within a few days.

Voyager2002

Doshwaster wrote: »

Last year I managed to leave my house keys in a hotel in Portugal. I didn't realise until I got home but fortunately a friend who live nearby has a spare set for emergencies like this and the hotel posted the keys to me within a few days.

I think the hotel deserves to be named and praised.