Passport control before Checkin
 

I went through CDG T2 yesterday and couldn't find the checkin desks !!

It turned out they were AFTER passport control.
I have been to a few airports where my ticket was checked before I had
access to the building, but none where my ID was also checked. Is this
unique ?

It also said on the passport/id booth that you needed to show your ID and
ticket or e-ticket Itenerary - does this mean you can't get away with just
carrying the booking reference number ? (Ok I know its a good idea to carry
printouts, but what if you lose them).

Passport control before Checkin
 

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:44:41 -0000, "Miss L. Toe"
wrote:

I went through CDG T2 yesterday and couldn't find the checkin desks !!

It turned out they were AFTER passport control.
I have been to a few airports where my ticket was checked before I had
access to the building, but none where my ID was also checked. Is this
unique ?


Were you flying back to the UK? I can think of a few similar
situations, but not for a simple intra-European flight. I have been to
some Asian airports where one's passport, ticket, and baggage are
checked at the terminal door, before you get anywhere near the
check-in desks. Of course it is fairly common now with high risk
airlines, such as US carriers, that a security interview including
document check takes place before check-in.




It also said on the passport/id booth that you needed to show your ID and
ticket or e-ticket Itenerary - does this mean you can't get away with just
carrying the booking reference number ? (Ok I know its a good idea to carry
printouts, but what if you lose them).


--==++AJC++==--

Passport control before Checkin
 

"AJC" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:44:41 -0000, "Miss L. Toe"
wrote:

I went through CDG T2 yesterday and couldn't find the checkin desks !!

It turned out they were AFTER passport control.
I have been to a few airports where my ticket was checked before I had
access to the building, but none where my ID was also checked. Is this
unique ?


Were you flying back to the UK? I can think of a few similar
situations, but not for a simple intra-European flight. I have been to
some Asian airports where one's passport, ticket, and baggage are
checked at the terminal door, before you get anywhere near the
check-in desks. Of course it is fairly common now with high risk
airlines, such as US carriers, that a security interview including
document check takes place before check-in.



Yes, a simple BA flight CDG-LGW.

Passport control before Checkin
 

Yes, a simple BA flight CDG-LGW.


Oh BTW, my AA account has been credited with 48 miles for the outbound trip
(+77 bonus miles) very strange. (the return hasnt appeared yet).

Passport control before Checkin
 

In article ,
"Miss L. Toe" wrote:



Yes, a simple BA flight CDG-LGW.


Oh BTW, my AA account has been credited with 48 miles for the outbound trip
(+77 bonus miles) very strange. (the return hasnt appeared yet).

Just 125 miles? No 48 miles + 452 mile bonus? That would mean AA is
really just giving 25% miles for cheap BA flights. No 500 mile minimum.

Passport control before Checkin
 

"Not the Karl Orff" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Miss L. Toe" wrote:



Yes, a simple BA flight CDG-LGW.


Oh BTW, my AA account has been credited with 48 miles for the outbound
trip
(+77 bonus miles) very strange. (the return hasnt appeared yet).

Just 125 miles? No 48 miles + 452 mile bonus? That would mean AA is
really just giving 25% miles for cheap BA flights. No 500 mile minimum.

Yes, I only expected 125 - they changed policy recently - But the flight
does count towards status, and I did get 500 qualifing points as well.

I don't understand where the 48 miles comes from.

Passport control before Checkin
 

In article ,
"Miss L. Toe" wrote:


Yes, I only expected 125 - they changed policy recently - But the flight
does count towards status, and I did get 500 qualifing points as well.

After the change last year, some people flying BA still earned a minimum
of 500 in their AA accounts. So it must be relatively recent?

I don't understand where the 48 miles comes from.

CDG-LGW = 191 miles. 25% of this is 48 with rounding. The rest is to
rbing you up to the new presumably 125 mile minimum on BA.

Passport control before Checkin
 

"Miss L. Toe" wrote in message
...
I went through CDG T2 yesterday and couldn't find the checkin desks !!

It turned out they were AFTER passport control.
I have been to a few airports where my ticket was checked before I had
access to the building, but none where my ID was also checked. Is this
unique ?

It also said on the passport/id booth that you needed to show your ID and
ticket or e-ticket Itenerary - does this mean you can't get away with just
carrying the booking reference number ? (Ok I know its a good idea to
carry
printouts, but what if you lose them).

In Barcelona a couple of months ago, you needed to show a passport to get to
check-in for American flag carriers, but actual passport control was after
check in. I wonder if this is a new trend?

Passport control before Checkin
 

In message , Miss L. Toe
writes
I have been to a few airports where my ticket was checked before I had
access to the building, but none where my ID was also checked. Is this
unique ?

That seemed to be standard practice at Tokyo a couple of years ago.
Roadblock on the approaches to the terminal, police asking for passports
for everyone. I was on a bus, maybe there's another way to get there by
car.
--
Roland Perry

Passport control before Checkin
 

"Hilary" wrote in message
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It also said on the passport/id booth that you needed to show your ID
and
ticket or e-ticket Itenerary - does this mean you can't get away with
just
carrying the booking reference number ? (Ok I know its a good idea to
carry
printouts, but what if you lose them).

Many carriers are now requiring you to carry the e-ticket itinerary. I
have been told that in some airports you need to show the itinerary to get
through security.


So does this mean that the e-ticket move is nothing more than a move away
from relatively difficult to forge 'tickets' to easy to forge 'tickets' ?