Originally Posted by
SFOFastAir
6:AP-lastname/firstname (soft return)
B(# of checked bags)
6:AP tells SHARES to bring up the APIS screen. Normally when you check-in for an international flight SHARES will look to see it it has APIS info and if not it will automatically present the APIS screen. If SHARES is tired and doesn't feel up to it won't and won't issue a BP for the int'l leg. By the way FASTAIR always would bring up the APIS input screen.
The kiosk scanners read the three lines OCR text at the bottom of the picture page of the passport.
That statement it just not true. When checking in an international customer in SHARES, the APIS screen will automatically pop up (as did FASTAIR), either blank for the agent to fill in, or completed for the agent to verify. SHARES will not issue the international BP if the agent bypasses the APIS screen. It isn't SHARES that's tired, it's usually an agent that doesn't feel up to entering the information.