Checkin at -24:00 Trick
Nov 20, 2008, 1:17 pm
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Checkin at -24:00 Trick
When you go to print a boarding pass and you are early, there is a little clock in the lower right hand corner giving you the official SWA time - here's a picture - I knew I had 18 seconds to go before my 1:00 PM check in time. I just kept hitting F5 (refresh) until I got the Available Boarding Pass screen and snagged A19 for tomorrow's ELP-DAL flight.
Nov 20, 2008, 1:36 pm
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Nov 20, 2008, 2:17 pm
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LOL at CC. Good catch.
Anyone know a way to get the Southwest clock without a valid boarding pass? IE some other page that shows it so it can be fetched programatically for syncing?
Anyone know a way to get the Southwest clock without a valid boarding pass? IE some other page that shows it so it can be fetched programatically for syncing?
Nov 20, 2008, 2:24 pm
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Keep in mind that SAAS is not synchronized with Southwest Standard Time, so OLCI may not work at the expected exact second (or minute, even).
Nov 20, 2008, 6:29 pm
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When you go to print a boarding pass and you are early, there is a little clock in the lower right hand corner giving you the official SWA time - here's a picture - I knew I had 18 seconds to go before my 1:00 PM check in time. I just kept hitting F5 (refresh) until I got the Available Boarding Pass screen and snagged A19 for tomorrow's ELP-DAL flight.
Nov 21, 2008, 1:41 pm
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As an extra data point, that little clock seems pretty accurate. I was five seconds early (according to the clock) waited five seconds and got my BP.
Nov 21, 2008, 2:41 pm
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Mid-day today the time reported by the southwest.com error message was running about two seconds fast compared to what was reported by the Atomic Clock Sync free utility. (Yes, this program has advantages over what WinDoze does automatically. I haven't used the one mentioned earlier in this thread, so I can't speak to that.)
Lately it seems the SAAS/Southwest Standard Time synchronization issue cited by curbcrusher has been virtually eliminated, but that is just from my own experiences.
If Appletom is referring to hitting refresh after using the Check In and Print Boarding Pass page, note that the FAQ has a better suggestion. Refreshing after using the form on southwest.com usually triggers a "resend?" confirmation dialog box, an extra step that is not necessary with the technique described in the FAQ.
Lately it seems the SAAS/Southwest Standard Time synchronization issue cited by curbcrusher has been virtually eliminated, but that is just from my own experiences.
If Appletom is referring to hitting refresh after using the Check In and Print Boarding Pass page, note that the FAQ has a better suggestion. Refreshing after using the form on southwest.com usually triggers a "resend?" confirmation dialog box, an extra step that is not necessary with the technique described in the FAQ.
Nov 25, 2008, 6:14 am
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