Boarding passes- Continental

[dennise]

Can you do online check in? What do you do about checked baggage? If you print your boarding passes do you still have to go through the line to check your bags?

 

[sahmoffour]

Yes, you can do online check-in and print your boarding passes. Or you can check-in at one of their kiosks at the airport, rather than standing in line for the counter. Then you take your bags to a bag drop area that's designated for online or airport kiosk check-ins. From what I can find on their website though, is if you have oversized or excess baggage you have to check-in at their counter. HTH!

 

[Sue M]

Yes, you can do on line & print boarding pass, but there still is a line to check in and put the tags on your luggage. There will be signs directing you to which line.
When checking in on line, you have the option of printing your boarding passes at home, or waiting to print them off at the kiosk in the airport.

 

[Ted in Halifax]

Checking bags on line with Continental is cheaper .... do it dennise .. its simple!

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

Just a word of warning ... you may not be able to just "drop your luggage" if you do online or kiosk check-in. I assume you are flying from Halifax, which means you will clear US customs there and the employees at the airline check-in desk may need to see your passports. As well, if it's set up like it is here in Edmonton, you may need to take your luggage with you through US customs and then place it on a conveyor belt before going through Security.

 

[dennise]

I will do the online check in if I can do it the night before, we have a 6:18 flight, so that means leaving home at 3:30 am, hardly worth going to bed. I can hardly wait, a broken wrist in December, a broken ankle in January, February was good, but now I have a virus that I am trying to get rid of. If it hadn't been for watching our grandsons playing hockey it would have been a long winter.

 

[Ted in Halifax]

Hey dennise ... break a leg

 

[Tinkershelly]

I wouldn't worry too much about it whichever way you decide, there won't be much of a crowd that early in the morning. The area doesn't open until 5am, either.

When we travelled in December, I did the online checkin and prepaid for the checked bags, checked in again at the kiosk, and again at the desk so that the agent could see our passports and tag the checked bags. We then took our checked bags to the x-ray area, gave them the bags and waited for the agent to say the bags were accepted. Then pick up a customs form and fill it out before getting in line for security. In the line there is a randomized process for passengers to be selected for extra screening, always dodged that one! Go through security, collect your carryon items and go to see the customs agent and then you're done! It's very efficient and in a relatively small space.

If you have bags to check it is cheaper to purchase that online from Continental when you do online checkin.