Who boarded my (missing) flight with my name????

[jas]

Had something similar happen to me about a month ago. Went to check in for my MEL-PER flight, and was asked "have you already checked in?". Assumed she meant OLCI, so said yes. BP printed, off we go. Noticed my seat had changed from OLCI but I was further forward so didn't question it.

Got to the gate late in the boarding process. BP rejected at the gate, "already boarded". Um, clearly not. Anyway, sent to the service desk, showed ID and was told to "get on the plane, see if anyone's in your seat, and if they are get an FA to sort it out". So I did, and there was someone in my seat. Find 32K, "um, I think you're in my seat". Mr 32K-who-isn't-me looks at his BP that clearly has my name on it, says "no, I think I'm in the right spot". Upon me asking, "You're not jas, are you?", he looks at his BP again, then quickly vacates his seat with a "I better go get that sorted out!"

He got back on about 10 minutes later, and the first officer's announcement apologies for the delay in departure caused by "late arrival of some passengers, and a passenger with the wrong boarding pass".



So yeah, it can happen.

 

[Skoogle]

Do you mean you've OLCI at home or office...

I mean that I didn't check-in at all. No OLCI at home. No check-in at the desk, QP or any other way we can check-in.

 

[BlueAU]

....was told to "get on the plane, see if anyone's in your seat, and if they are get an FA to sort it out". So I did, and there was someone in my seat. Find 32K, "um, I think you're in my seat". Mr 32K-who-isn't-me looks at his BP that clearly has my name on it, says "no, I think I'm in the right spot". Upon me asking, "You're not jas, are you?", he looks at his BP again, then quickly vacates his seat with a "I better go get that sorted out!"

Lucky they did not look like you! A look alike Jas

 

[jas]

Haha, one of me is well and truly enough for this world!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Uuuuuuum why????? It was free points and status credit, best to lay low on this one.

I dunno! I put it down to the (for want of a better word) "karma". If I ever take a on departure upgrade to Starclass or something and need to fight for the points I thought being squeeky clean would be helpful! :-|

All my flight had been rearranged anyway so the SCs were going to be there and requalification was already in the bag, so I figured fess up on this one - and the points were 'only' ~5000 so it wa a pretty easy one to give up.

 

[Voyages]

Had something similar happen to me about a month ago. ...
He got back on about 10 minutes later, and the first officer's announcement apologies for the delay in departure caused by "late arrival of some passengers, and a passenger with the wrong boarding pass".

So yeah, it can happen.

When I was boarding later on that day, a lady and a gent (presumably unrelated) having the same seat (4A) on their passes. The staff had to frantically and literally ran to another gate to get them two new passes.