Has VA given up on priority boarding?

[Aussie_flyer]

why not just group numbers and boarding pass is declined at scanner if not yet called. like Qantas and all major US carriers. Shouldn't be that hard should it

 

[MH_fan]

I agree. And you don't even need group numbers for VA. It's either priority boarding or not. Yay or nay. Priority: Business, WP, SG, Economy X. If scanner says no, back to the line of general boarding. They'll learn soon enough.

 

[PERLHR]

It's also lack of staff. They load pax at Gate X, then move to Gate Xx to load the next....then Gate xx_. And the more I think about it....the more the loading sequence is wrong as i mentioned yesterday.

 

[Equilibrium]

I was on BNE-MEL now in J and my observation:
Priority boarding announced. The line is about 10 ppl and I am pretty sure VA staff didnt turn away at least 1 person with no priority access.

Once priority line all boarded staff then announced priority boarding again for J, velocity WP SG and economy X. In the meantime general boarding started in 1 line but processed in 2 boarding machines as long as priority line is empty.

Overall boarding was quite efficient for me. I think in some cases people with general boarding flooded into priority line and people with actual priority boarding get stuck behind.

 

[justinbrett]

BNE last night - they just started boarding both the priority and general queues simultaneously.

Maybe they’ve adopted the old QF method?