Originally Posted by chartreuse
Why on earth would you do that? AA already charges for ticketing etc. that
can't be done online, so charging for "human check-in" when people
can't use a kiosk would be perfectly consistent.

Um, well if they didn't exempt international travellers then why would anyone fly AA internationally? I know I wouldn't. I could fly UA, BA, VS, NZ LAX-LHR or AA and pay a fee to checkin in? Too funny.