airline offers both the qr code and the boarding pass as a pdf (but I don’t have a printer at home). I screenshot the qr code (front and backside) and downloaded the boarding pass to my phone. No services from google were used.
I screenshot the qr code three times because Im afraid quality won’t be good enough and I still have to ask: Is the picture quality good enough for the kiosks? Do agents simply check if there is a qr code and the name of the airline and let you board? or do they scan the code?
I’ve been assigned a seat right before the wings in the middle of a 3 seat row. Is this a good seat? Because I’ve heard people prefer frontal seats (rows 1 to 15), because engine noise shouldn’t be as loud and to choose a frontal seat is more expensive than a seat at the back. I’m not really convinced, because if you have a seat at the end of the plane, you are among the first to leave the plane. Being next to the wings means you have to fight other passengers to board and leave the plane. Is really that calmer at the front side?
Have you ever deliberately checked in physically to get a free window seat? A friend of mine did that and he got it.
QR on your phone is fine, but yes they do scan it. When they do, set your phone brightness to maximum.
I only care about front rows if I need to make a tight connecting flight, or if I fly to a country where I need to go through customs and it’s a typical tourist flight, say to Thailand where every person leaving the flight before me means +3 min longer waiting in the queue.
Middle seats are my least favorite. Can’t properly lean onto either side without feeling like you’re creeping up on someone. I usually book aisle seats so I don’t need to climb over someone on the way to the bathroom, but that’s less of an issue on shorter flights. Window seats are better if you’re planning to sleep.
Not quite sure what you mean though with physically check in to get a window seat. Whether I select it online or through the website generally makes no difference.