Originally Posted by
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And sometimes you can't check in until 24hrs before your last connection, or sometimes you can't check in until someone somewhere somehow lets you, or..... you can't ever check in online
Yeah depending on the airline and itinerary OLCI and even Kiosk check in may or may not work. Case in point I was flying YOW -> EWR -> NRT -> HKG 2 weeks ago and checked in just fine on the UA mobile app and even got my boarding passes for all flights. On the return I had a screwy itinerary: HKG -> HND, NRT -> EWR -> YOW. Mobile check in with UA said I needed to check in ANA (operator of first flight), ok, load the ANA app try checking in and it says I need to check in at airport... ugh. Get to the airport, go to the kiosk and try checking in again...same message. Have to wait 2 hours for ANA check in desk to open. They swipe my UA MP card and passport make a couple of phone calls then verbally confirm that I'm aware that I'm aware I'm responsible for getting myself from HND to NRT (I had a 11 hour layover). Once I said yes, they issued me my boarding pass for HKG -> HND and told me the other boarding passes can only be issued at NRT by UA. Decide to check the UA desktop website and to my surprise I could check in for the remaining "domestic" segments (NRT -> EWR and EWR -> YOW) and receive boarding passes for both.
Safe Travels,
James