<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by studley:
You can use a major credit card to swipe to start the kiosk process. I did it when I was sent a temporary paper GLD card (as part of a targeted GLD Challenge), during the initial test and rollout, since I had the status, but not the magnetic card.
As a result, I'm sure that for any Add/Collect functions, like the standby fees, or purchasing enough upgrades for a particular segment, there will be a message saying, "There is a charge for this service. Please swipe a major credit card to continue."
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AS does exactly this when using their e-kiosks for checkin. If there's space available the kiosk will ask if you want to upgrade. If you do, it asks you to insert a credit card for the $50 upgrade fee and spits out a receipt. No reason why AA wouldn't do this.