Originally Posted by FAA1996

Just took my first flight in years with UA and I'm surprised that there is no way to check in with an agent, I vaguely remember something along these lines last time I flew. We're both new Premier 1Ks through a status match with AA. Traveling in paid F and surprised that you are not allowed ot interact with anyone for check in, I always need a paper boarding pass for my records and dislike using the machines. If there was a way to use them without having to touch them so much it might be better, but I prefer giving my ID to an agent and being given a boarding pass. Does this bother anyone else? Anything to be done about it? I'm thinking of getting a mobile boarding pass and asking for a paper pass at the gate but not sure if they also discourage that? Unfortunately there is no UA Club at TPA to help with this, so UA might actually be a bad fit for me. Although everything else I thought was same or better than AA and I especially enjoyed the UA app and the flatbed from TPA to IAH.