Curbside baggage check-in at most airports also will no longer be permitted, the FAA said, and no one without a ticket will be allowed beyond security checkpoints.
The carrier is already experimenting with self-service baggage check- in.
There's still an old-fashioned check-in counter, but most of the baggage drop points are self service.
If you have an onward flight, you must reclaim your baggage from the carousel and check in again for the onward journey.
But what are the airlines communicating with their baggage fees at the check-in point if you want your luggage checked through so that you no longer have to carry it?
He cited the difference between what the airlines think will placate customers--prompt ticket refunds, quoting lowest available fares and retrieving lost luggage--and what's really annoying travelers: flight delays, long check-in lines and the 20-minute wait at the baggage carousel.
Flocks of tourists were collecting their baggage while a guide shouted to gather them for check-in.
Qantas won't disclose data on performance of the new technology, such as baggage-handling numbers or changes in average wait in airport check-in lines.
Doing so would encourage passengers to check their baggage so screwdrivers, knives and sports equipment can ride where they belong: in cargo holds inside checked and TSA-screened bags.
TripAdvisor's app has a built-in baggage fee estimator: Tell the app how many bags you plan to check and whether you have elite status on any airlines that would waive bag fees and it builds the fee charges into fare quotes you get.
There could be better, faster check-in, more or faster security lines, and airlines' ground handling companies could be incentivised to improve baggage handling speeds.
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