Tester Walkthrough — Login & Logout

Updated: 2026-08-22 08:19 ET · On the Page Readiness screen, look for: Login — Member, Login — Non-Member, and the Auth Status / Log Out utility row

Before you start

Checks

1 · The member log-in screen

Steps: On the Page Readiness screen, tap Login — Member.

What you should see: The ALPA globe, a Member Number or ALPA Email field, a Password field, the blue ALPA MEMBERS LOG IN button, an outlined NON-MEMBERS LOG IN button, a CREATE ALPA ACCOUNT link, and the Remember Me / FORGOT PASSWORD? row.

Something's wrong if: Any of those controls is missing, or tapping a field doesn't bring up the keyboard.

Note: if spelling-suggestion chips appear above the keyboard while you type, that's your device's own predictive-text/autocorrect feature — an operating-system keyboard setting, not app behavior. Turn it off under Settings if it's in your way: iOS is General → Keyboard; Android is System → Languages & input → On-screen keyboard → (your keyboard) → Text correction.

2 · Wrong credentials are rejected clearly

Steps: Type a made-up member number (e.g. 0000000) and any password, then tap ALPA MEMBERS LOG IN. Also try tapping it with one of the fields left empty.

Invalid credentials error on the log-in screen

What you should see: You stay on the log-in screen with a clear message — "Invalid username or password. Please check your credentials and try again." for bad credentials, or a "You must enter…" prompt when a field is empty. The button shows LOGGING IN… while it checks.

Something's wrong if: Nothing happens at all, the app appears logged in anyway, or the screen locks up with the button stuck on LOGGING IN…

3 · Log in with your credentials

Steps: Enter your real member number (or ALPA email) and password, then tap ALPA MEMBERS LOG IN.

What you should see: You land on the Home screen. From here, member-only features unlock — for example the save-a-favorite hearts covered in the Favorites walkthrough.

Something's wrong if: Correct credentials are rejected, or log-in succeeds but you land somewhere other than Home.

4 · Read your session on Auth Status

Steps: Back on the Page Readiness screen, tap Auth Status / Log Out.

Signed in — identity + session details + LOG OUT

Signed out — raw state + GO TO LOGIN

What you should see: While signed in: ● Authenticated with your ALPA email, when the session token was issued and its lifespan, and a LOG OUT button. While signed out: ○ Not authenticated and a GO TO LOGIN button.

Something's wrong if: The badge disagrees with reality — e.g. it says Authenticated right after you logged out, or shows someone else's identity.

5 · Log out

Steps: On Auth Status, tap LOG OUT.

What you should see: You're taken to the log-in screen. Re-opening Auth Status now shows ○ Not authenticated.

Something's wrong if: You still appear signed in afterwards, or member-only screens keep working after logging out.

6 · Logged-out visitors get sent to log in

Steps: While logged out, try a member-only area: tap Favorites on the Page Readiness screen, or the heart icon in the top navigation bar.

What you should see: You're taken straight to the log-in screen — the member-only content never appears (same behavior as the Favorites walkthrough, Check 1).

Something's wrong if: A member-only screen renders anything at all before asking you to log in.

7 · The non-member path

Steps: From the log-in screen (or the Page Readiness row Login — Non-Member), open NON-MEMBERS LOG IN. Try a member-style login as the username — a member number (e.g. 1234567 or S1234567) or any @alpa.org email.

What you should see: A separate log-in form for non-member accounts. If your username looks like an ALPA member login, the screen asks whether you meant to use the Members screen instead — with a button to jump there and a CONTINUE HERE option. Try both: GO TO MEMBERS LOGIN takes you to /login with what you typed carried over into the Member Number field (password never carries over — you re-enter it there); CONTINUE HERE stays on this screen and actually attempts non-member login with what you typed, rather than blocking you — with fake credentials it rejects with an error message (the exact copy depends on account-attempt history: a plain "Invalid email or password" on a first bad attempt, or the account-lockout message — "There is an issue with your login. You may need to unlock your account and/or reset your password." — after enough failed attempts against the same identifier).

Something's wrong if: The member-number prompt never appears, choosing "go to members" doesn't take you to the member log-in screen (or drops the typed identifier), or CONTINUE HERE does nothing instead of attempting the login.

8 · Browsing while logged out (2026-08-21, AB#2528)

Steps: Log out (Check 5). Without logging back in: tap JUMPSEAT in the tab bar, open any airline (e.g. Alaska Airlines); tap KCM; tap LOGIN; close the log-in sheet with its × and open the drawer (☰ top left).

Signed-out Airline Policies list with the three-item tab bar

JUMPSEAT — the Airline Policies directory; note the 3-item bar

Alaska Airlines policy with the MEC-specific block withheld

A policy — general details shown, MEC block withheld

KCM — the Airports list with its NOTICE bar

The Log In sheet presented over the page

Signed-out drawer with Jumpseat, KCM and a dimmed Login entry

The drawer — JUMPSEAT, KCM, LOGIN (dimmed, current)

What you should see: The tab bar has exactly three slots — JUMPSEAT, KCM, LOGIN. JUMPSEAT opens the Airline Policies directory (not the search form); a policy shows its GENERAL JUMPSEAT DETAILS and the italic line Sign in to view your MEC's specific information. where the MEC block would be. KCM opens the Airports list with the NOTICE bar. LOGIN slides the Log In sheet up over the page you were reading — closing it with × leaves you on that page, not on a log-in screen. The drawer lists the same three entries.

Member-only controls still bounce: the heart (Favorites) and the person (Profile) icons in the top bar take you to the full log-in screen, as in Check 6.

Something's wrong if: The bar shows five slots (HOME / PDR / … / MEC) while logged out; JUMPSEAT opens the flight search and lets you search; a policy shows MEC-specific text without a login; the LOGIN tab navigates away from the page instead of presenting the sheet; or × on the sheet lands you somewhere other than where you were.

What this checks, overall

The full session lifecycle — signing in (member and non-member paths), clear rejection of bad credentials, an honest session readout on the Auth Status utility, logging out, the logged-out protections in front of member-only screens, and the logged-out browsing surface (Jumpseat policies and KCM airports) that stays open without a session.