Seriously Qantas!

[Rayesfeg]

The different terminology used across different airports doesn't help.

In Sydney (at least on the centrally controlled FIDS) they only display 'Gate Open' and then 'Boarding'. There is no 'Go to Gate' message in between.

Yes, I thought I was going crazy because I can’t remember the last time I had seen a “go to gate” status.

As someone who falls victim of going to the gate when “gate open” is displayed, waiting at the gate I notice the status changes from “gate open” to “boarding”.

 

[Flyfrequently]

Yes, I thought I was going crazy because I can’t remember the last time I had seen a “go to gate” status.

"Go to Gate" recently was on the Melbourne Airport Departures page @Rayesfeg
Now they have "Closing"

 

[Seat0B]

100% this. I just wish that they were able to properly predict their boarding times and provide us with the information. If they know when boarding will start and even if they give a generous estimate of the walking time to the gate it would be much better than the current system. Then again I have had the opposite issue at times overseas where I have been boarding group 1 (or pre-boarding) but I have left the lounge when advised and by the time I got to the gate (I am a very quick walker) they were already boarding the last groups. That can also be pretty annoying.

This happens to me a lot - even on domestic flights.

 

[SYD]

The different terminology used across different airports doesn't help.

In Sydney (at least on the centrally controlled FIDS) they only display 'Gate Open' and then 'Boarding'. There is no 'Go to Gate' message in between. And often they'll display the 'Gate Open' message well before the aircraft has even arrived, so it's hard to tell when you actually need to go to the gate.

SYD uses “Go to Gate”.

Well, at least the QF F departure board does. Pretty sure I’ve seen it around the terminal (T1) also as well as T3.

 

[Harrison_133]

SYD uses “Go to Gate”.

Well, at least the QF F departure board does. Pretty sure I’ve seen it around the terminal (T1) also as well as T3.

That's more the exception though. The digital screens throughout all three terminals are controlled by SACL which doesn't use 'Go to Gate' in it's terminology.

In T3, virtually all of the Qantas branded screens have recently been removed (apart from the ones in the lounge) and replaced by the generic SACL ones.

 

[burneracc]

When in a Qantas lounge at a Qantas hub you can safely wait in the lounge until they tell you to go ... that's what it's there for

They also explicitly say that they will NOT notify you where applicable too, so that there is no doubt.