Originally Posted by
Antarius
As long as you start the check in process on the kiosk at 45:01 before departure, you're good, IME.
Thanks for experimenting down to the wire

Do all check-in kiosks print bag tags these days? If they do, there is really zero reason then to show up before T-46 assuming you're checked-in, not worried about TSA lines, etc.?
Originally Posted by
platbrownguy
Correct, unlike with Delta where, as I once learned the hard way, you have to get the bag to an agent by their cutoff time. "But you saw me in line as you haggled with the guy in front of me for 5 minutes over his bag weight, and now it's only 1 minute past the deadline" was not an acceptable excuse.
That would be a scenario I'd easily see myself in...i'd be quite unhappy to say the least