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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 2:17 pm
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Originally Posted by NY-FLA
IIRC, shortly after 2001, US Air had 30 hour check-in. Scuttlebutt around here at that time was that TSA forced them to reduce it to 24 hours.
If checkin before t-24 hours is not allowed for reasons of "security", why are airlines allowed to issue boarding passes for flights > 24 hours in advance (connections)?
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