Originally Posted by
C17PSGR
Funny ... I always prefer self checkout. Much more efficient.
I suppose the kiosks are just as efficient. I used them the other day at LAX because I was worried about meeting the bag checkin deadline. I was annoyed at all the questions that I don't remember from the last time I used them. There was definitely someone there to put in the red priority tag when I tagged it.
I like self-check-out at the supermarket if I only have a few items but find that the regular lanes are so much easier if I have a full grocery cart. In the same way, If the kiosks are fast and thus speed up my waiting time, I'm all for them. But I have found, as an earlier poster remarked, that there are so many hoops to jump through and questions to answer that it's easier for an agent to check my passport, tag my bags with a priority label, print my boarding pass and answer any miscellaneous questions I may have about the airport than using a kiosk only to be directed to an agent later for one of the above issues.
p.s. Pinniped beat me to it while I was writing this. everything he said!!