Yet another auto checkin website
 

Has anyone used airlinecheckins? It automatically checks you in at T24. It was set up by Lufthansa but works with most airlines.

Travel blogs swear by it.

Count on WN to unplug it, if they haven't already.

How can this get you "almost guaranteed A" boarding position, when, for many flights, checking in manually at T24 gets you into B20+?

Will be shut down immediately by WN, like the last 3645 times it was tried.

Exactly--after all of the A-List & EBIC, there's a high likelihood you'll probably end up in the B group on a lot of flights

If Lufthansa is behind it and it is based in Europe, Southwest may not be able to shut it down. It is possible that depending on how it works Southwest may not even be able to detect it. It does however seem to require a special email address which could be easily identified.

I found one post from April of 2016 on TripAdvisor where someone said they had used it on Southwest.

But is it reliable? I would want a lot of data points showing it is before entrusting it to check me in.

That's the reason I started this thread. WN doesn't need to know your special email address

Why couldn't they? Presumably its traffic comes from a limited number of servers. Southwest could easily drop traffic from those incoming IPs. *Especially* if it's based in Europe where Southwest would expect few checkins to come from.

Southwest has in the past used threats of legal action against small operations based on their terms and conditions. T&C violations are generally alleged to be violations of the DCMA. That may not apply to a European company in Europe. The technical barriers are easily overcome. I doubt Lufthansa has access to only a few IP addresses.
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I also wonder whether Lufthansa cares all that much, but we shall see.

It's an interesting legal question.

Southwest currently blocks website access for many outside North America, so I'm surprised this even works at all now.

If Southwest is able to detect that the check-in is coming from one of these places, the system should assign the person C-55.

as soon as the airline opens online check-in for your upcoming flight, you will be checked in by AirlineCheckins.com – usually within the very first minutes.

If they don't hit T-24 on the dot they will lose 20 or 30 positions relative to a manual check-in. Then their users will complain and performance will be improved. Unless Southwest shuts it down first.

Which raises an interesting possibility. Would Southwest tolerate a check-in service which intentionally delayed check-in to, say, T-23.5? That would give manual check-ins first crack but still provide convenience to the auto check-in user.

Wouldn't it cannibalize EBCI sales?

To some extent, yes.

I suppose Southwest could sell a $2 service for auto check-in one hour AFTER the manual check-in window opens. It would be a safety net in case you forget to check in. Like an insurance policy with a 60-position deductible!