Just now out I can arrive at the airport by train

Bretrick

Bretrick

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Perth Western Australia
Because check-in time is 6am I was worried about how I could accomplish such a feat.
Taxi at 5am is fraught with them not turning up. Taxi fare would be at least $60. Long term parking would cost at least $120.
Checked the train timetable, catching the first bus at 5am will see me arrive at terminal 3 by 6am.
A worry lifted.
 
Bretrick said:
Because check-in time is 6am I was worried about how I could accomplish such a feat.
Taxi at 5am is fraught with them not turning up. Taxi fare would be at least $60. Long term parking would cost at least $120.
Checked the train timetable, catching the first bus at 5am will see me arrive at terminal 3 by 6am.
A worry lifted.
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That's great!
Seems like a good solution!
 
Made a dummy run to the airport using public transport today.
Easy enough. When I arrived, I stood around in the departures lounge looking lost and a service person came up to me asking if I needed help.
I explained I have not flown for 38 years and all this is a little daunting. I also explained this is a dummy run, my flight is not for a month yet and I do not have a smart phone.
I presented her with the paper Qantas sent me, "Confirmation of E-Ticket" and asked "Is this enough to get me on the plane"?
"No, that is not enough, you will need a boarding pass."
"How do I go about that"?
"When you arrive at 6am search out a service person and they will help you make the required arrangements"

"I will be catching public transport at 5am and the schedule says I will arrive here by 6am. What if I am 10-15 minutes late"?

"You will be fine. We will ensure you get on the flight"

So, I got the answers I was musing over which makes the task of catching an early morning flight to Melbourne less stressful.
 
Bretrick said:
Made a dummy run to the airport using public transport today.
Easy enough. When I arrived, I stood around in the departures lounge looking lost and a service person came up to me asking if I needed help.
I explained I have not flown for 38 years and all this is a little daunting. I also explained this is a dummy run, my flight is not for a month yet and I do not have a smart phone.
I presented her with the paper Qantas sent me, "Confirmation of E-Ticket" and asked "Is this enough to get me on the plane"?
"No, that is not enough, you will need a boarding pass."
"How do I go about that"?
"When you arrive at 6am search out a service person and they will help you make the required arrangements"

"I will be catching public transport at 5am and the schedule says I will arrive here by 6am. What if I am 10-15 minutes late"?

"You will be fine. We will ensure you get on the flight"

So, I got the answers I was musing over which makes the task of catching an early morning flight to Melbourne less stressful.
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Very smart of you to make that trial run. You say check in is at 6. What time is the flight? Here in the states, passengers are told to get to the airport about 2 hours before the flight.
 
Bretrick said:
Made a dummy run to the airport using public transport today.
Easy enough. When I arrived, I stood around in the departures lounge looking lost and a service person came up to me asking if I needed help.
I explained I have not flown for 38 years and all this is a little daunting. I also explained this is a dummy run, my flight is not for a month yet and I do not have a smart phone.
I presented her with the paper Qantas sent me, "Confirmation of E-Ticket" and asked "Is this enough to get me on the plane"?
"No, that is not enough, you will need a boarding pass."
"How do I go about that"?
"When you arrive at 6am search out a service person and they will help you make the required arrangements"

"I will be catching public transport at 5am and the schedule says I will arrive here by 6am. What if I am 10-15 minutes late"?

"You will be fine. We will ensure you get on the flight"

So, I got the answers I was musing over which makes the task of catching an early morning flight to Melbourne less stressful.
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you see here... our airports have dispensed with paper boarding passes, so now everyone has to use their phones to check in....

After 38 years of no flying, you did absolutely right to do a Recce.... now you're comfortable knowing what you've got to do...
 
hollydolly said:
you see here... our airports have dispensed with paper boarding passes, so now everyone has to use their phones to check in....

After 38 years of no flying, you did absolutely right to do a Recce.... now you're comfortable knowing what you've got to do...
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When the requirement to only use a smart phone comes in here, that will be me out.
Not that I will be flying ever again anyway.
If I live permanently over east, there will be no need to fly anywhere. If I decided to live in Tasmania I would put my vehicle on the ferry.
 
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