? re: printing boarding passes @ YC? for SWA...

[kldmom2000]

We flew Delta last time and we weren't concerned about having to get an "A" boarding pass going home so we used the luggage/airline check-in station to have them check us in and print our boarding passes for us..... This time we are flying SWA....

My question is, SWA is not a participating airline for DME (we are doing the town car anyway as DH refuses to do DME ) and I want to make sure our young girls (7 and 4.5 yrs old) are able to sit with at least one of us going home.... will the concierge desk in the lobby still print out the boarding passes 24 hours in advance for us (we have a 1:50pm flight and the luggage/airline check in station closes at 1pm the day prior to our departure-so 25 hrs prior to our flight)???? I can't believe I'm stressing over this already and it's still a bit over 6 months away!

I know "technically" we can do the pre-board thing since my youngest will not yet be 5, but I don't want to get glares by people if we do get in that line w/o a carseat (we don't bring one as it's in our car on the way to the airport and the Town Car driver provides one for us in Orlando)... so I'm just hoping for an "A" some way or another...... any tips?

 

[goofy4tink]

Stop stressing!!! You'll be fine. At that 24 hr. mark before you are due to depart from MCO, just head to the front desk and they should be able to print out your boarding passes. It really has nothing to do with the RAC checkin desk that you can't use anyway since you're flying SW. So, 24 hrs beforehand, head to the lobby, and they should be able to do what you need. I had it done at POP a few years ago, at 1:30 in the morning!!

 

[Jestocost]

I've had them do it for me at the Beach Club, so I assume YC would do the same. In reality, it's the actual checking in, not the printing, that is important. As long as you check in and get your A assignment, there's no need to actually print it out until you get to the airport. You'll still get whatever letter group you got when you checked in. If you have a Blackberry or other mobile device with Internet access, you can even check in yourself at mobile.southwest.com and won't even have to go back to the resort. On our last trip, I checked in from a restaurant in MGM.