Originally Posted by formeraa
No, the OP is talking about the rare, but increasing number of "multi-airline" check-in machine. I have only seen them in LAS and HPN, but they seem to be increasing in number. These "new" machine serve as check-in for ANY airline.
Apparently, they don't print "FIRST" anywhere on the boarding pass, which prevented the OP from using the TSA premium line. Obviously, the ticket checker (usually NOT employed by TSA) would be looking for something that indicates Elite flyer or First class ticket. They can't possibly be expected to know every plane configuration. I believe a note to the LAS airport authority is warranted.
Has anyone used these machines recently on AA? The one I have from March not only says "FIRST" on it, but it also has the oneworld logo. The only difference betwen it and a normal AA self service BP is that it's on a plane white more card-like stock, and it has a McCarran blurb on the back instead of a citibank ad.
Given that the multi-airline kiosk in LAS links directly into the AA module (from the screen itself you can't tell the difference), I'm surprised that the multi-airline would decide to just not print a piece of information that AA would.