Originally Posted by
Sugardoughnut
It was certainly a lesson learned - have yet to encounter an airline that abandons the check-in desk.
huh? At outstations, that's how it works, world wide..
Check in deadline reached, counter closed, most often the agent needs to go to the gate, especially at smaller outstations, to continue the boarding process there.
Now, at Hubs it might be different regarding the staffing, but then you don't show up after CI deadline there either, do you?