Originally Posted by
allturnleft
I was shocked to see recently that all the the standard check-ins are now self service. Apparently they have been for ages. How effortless are these? I hated the AA version in amsterdam even required for business class.
I am the sort of person that still hates supermarket auto check outs....
They’re very easy - plonk heaviest bag on the belt, scan boarding pass, press OK and it spits out a bag tag which already has the sticky bits exposed and it’s clearly marked as to which bits to stick together. Press again to send the bag, machine asks you if you have any more bags to check in (and if you’d like to check in your hand luggage) and then spits out a receipt after the final bag. Done! I think at some point in the process a screen about prohibited items comes up as well.
It’s a big improvement on the early versions where the self check in kiosk printed out the baggage tags which had very complicated instructions on how to fix the tag to the bag.