7:30A flight from EWR to Canada. Website suggests arriving at EWR 2.5-3 hours before flight. I'll have checked luggage. I'll probably stay at an airport hotel the night before. I'll have luggage to check.

1) I'm assuming OLCI won't work. The system won't even let me add my passport number when I bring up my reservation. Does it make sense, or is it even possible, to go to the airport the night before and get a BP?

2) In other words is there a different line to check baggage for passengers who already have a BP?

2) Can a skycap issue a BP for an international flight and check luggage? Is the line for a skycap likely to be shorter, quicker moving, then the line inside the terminal?

A poster in a recent thread cut it too close and lost the first few days of his vacation. I don't want to get to EWR at 4:30a and then have 2+ hours to kill on the other side of security but if that's how much time a non-elite flier has to allow that's what I'll do.

The situation is bad enough for Continental to suggest allowing 2.5-3 hours. I don't understand why Continental can't offer enough kioshes and staff to handle projected traffic.