Sky Caps

[GAIL HAYDEN]

pnelson,
Depends on if the sky cap can give you a boarding pass. If not, then yes, you need to get one at the gate. If he does issue a boarding pass (most can with an eticket) then you just go to the gate and wait for your rows to be called.
This of course does not apply to SWA, where regardless of where you check your luggage, you wait in line for a boarding number.
As to charters, I don't know.
I do know you can not do this on flights to Jamaica, you get to haul the luggage and wait in line.

 

[Beverly Lynn]

as for the charter that depends. some companies like apple tours do their own. they do not pay out to the skycaps. no contract...but those usually use southwest here fom pit so no the skycaps can't do that. apple tours has their own people to load the bags and such. now if its a pkg charter like royal travel and you are flying from pit then yes you may use the sky cap cause they just put the bags with usair chute. I hope this can be understood...I am trying to figure out how to explain it! LOL

 

[fostrmom2mny]

Expert help is here. PLEASE help!

I've only flown twice before. Each time I have waited forever in line to check my bags. I always wondered who the lucky people are that has someone waiting for them outside in the driveway (I take it that these helpful people are the sky people?)

The trip that I have coming up I already have my tickets. The seat assignment will be made sometime this month and they are hard copis. (What our TA called them) So will we bypass the check in line and go directly to the gate are and check in? Is that how this works? Or since we will already have seat assignments, do we just wait to be called on the plane?

Thank you for any help.
Gerri

 

[Chuck S]

It depends on the airline. If you have seat assignments and use the skycaps to check luggage you should (again, depending on the airline) get your boarding pass from the skycap and can proceed directly to the gate and wait for your row. If the skycap does not issue you a boarding pass, after your luggage is checked proceed to the gate and check-in there for your boarding pass.