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<p>[QUOTE="Josh F, post: 136960, member: 96"]</p><p>You can pay extra for Early Board Check-In (EBCI) ($12.50/pp) which generally gets you a mid to high A Number since it auto checks you in at T-36 (so RT should be $25/pp). Otherwise, your boarding # is based on your spot in online check-in. I hover and literally check in at the T-24 mark on the dot. Since I book with points, I have to check in 4 confirmations individually - so I try to be as absolutely fast as possible. I usually get high A's to low B's with some gaps (you're supposed to board with the lowest ticket). The good news is that they let families (I believe they define as having kids < 5, but not positive) board at the end of the A Group. At the end of the A Group, you won't have any problems boarding together. So my thought is if you have young kids, skip EBCI. If you can check in at exactly T-24, skip EBCI. If you can't, then pay for EBCI. A common (but questionable) tactic is to pay for 1 person to have EBCI and have them save seats... and save $. The risk is that if you are connecting and your first flight is delayed, you may miss your boarding group, in which case, good luck.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Josh F, post: 136960, member: 96"] You can pay extra for Early Board Check-In (EBCI) ($12.50/pp) which generally gets you a mid to high A Number since it auto checks you in at T-36 (so RT should be $25/pp). Otherwise, your boarding # is based on your spot in online check-in. I hover and literally check in at the T-24 mark on the dot. Since I book with points, I have to check in 4 confirmations individually - so I try to be as absolutely fast as possible. I usually get high A's to low B's with some gaps (you're supposed to board with the lowest ticket). The good news is that they let families (I believe they define as having kids < 5, but not positive) board at the end of the A Group. At the end of the A Group, you won't have any problems boarding together. So my thought is if you have young kids, skip EBCI. If you can check in at exactly T-24, skip EBCI. If you can't, then pay for EBCI. A common (but questionable) tactic is to pay for 1 person to have EBCI and have them save seats... and save $. The risk is that if you are connecting and your first flight is delayed, you may miss your boarding group, in which case, good luck. [/QUOTE]
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