What other types of check-in are available at the airport?

What other types of check-in are available at the airport?

Jen Leo (Daily Deal Blogger, LA Times Travel Section) gives expert video advice on: What is the process for checking in at the airport?; What are rules for "carry-on" luggage?; What happens if the airline loses my luggage? and more...

Curbside check-in is that little desk right on the sidewalk where the skycap is there ready to check you in, take your baggage, and give you your boarding pass. Sometimes, the line is a little shorter than inside at the baggage check-in desk, but it comes with a price. You're required to at least tip the skycap or sometimes there's a mandatory fee of two dollars per bag right there on a sign as you check in at the line. A self-service check-in is a know it all computer that knows who you are as soon as you put in your ID or your credit card. What you do is you verify who you are, and that you're on the next flight and what seat you want, and then it prints out your boarding pass for you, right then and there; nobody needs to help you.