Originally Posted by
SpeedFreak
I think that's so that they don't end up with gate no shows and end up searching for them. At air India on almost every flight we have atleast one gate no show who had web checked in with no bags. It's jets way of makin sure every seat fills.
Humm... This negates the whole idea of web check-in, we still need to stand in line and get it verified.
Some times, they expedite it for the web check in PAX (KF had separate counters), but I do not see that with other airlines.