Originally Posted by
AnonymousCoward
There is a cost involved with providing priority checking - provisioning desks and staffing them. ....
Not really. If there are 2 check in desks, one will (would / should / might) be "priority" and the other for the riff-raff nothings. When there are no priority pax for check-in, that desk simply takes the next from the other line. No big deal (unless you qualify for the priority line).