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Old Dec 2, 2015 | 11:58 am
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Originally Posted by milepig
I'm confused by the "will allow printing of boarding passes and baggage tags" anywhere in the airport. Um, are they also going to have a portable printer like the Rental Car checkin people have?
Have no idea of UAs plans, but is theoretically possible to have it printed at stations that might be in certain spots throughout the airport (or maybe using the existing gate printers?). Apple does this in stores - they check people out on an iPhone and can print receipts at printers located in a few spots throughout a given store (printers are hidden under the tables). Perhaps they could use a modification of this kind of system.
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