For kiosks, as
emcampbe had pointed out:
Originally Posted by
emcampbe
There are some PMUA kiosks that print the cheap paper, too. IME, the ones where the BPs spit out the short-end are card stock, the ones that spit out long-end aren't.
On an at the desk note, I was at EWR, term. C premier checkin a little less than two weeks ago, and agent printed BPs behind the counter - they were card stock.
So if you see machines like this:
or this:
You'll get thermal paper for sure.
If you find one of these:
You'll get cardstock.
Most agent-produced boarding passes are also on cardstock, although some cardstock are lighter than others.