LionKing
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In many countries in the world, such as Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong, in town or remote check in is available at an extra charge where passengers can check in their baggage through a courier in town, weigh and tag, have their boarding pass printed and then send to the airport ready for their service later in the day.
In Australia, usual hotel check out time is 10 or 11am, which means unless you have an early afternoon service, you usually will have to bring your baggage to work or to your conference, then leave early enough for your 5pm or 6pm service to your home town.
With technologies such as Uber Courier, I was wondering whether it is feasible for Qantas and Virgin Australia (as well as other airlines) to launch in town check in where some of the hotels in town can offer an early check in counter for evening flights with a midday cut off, which would have allowed business travellers to check out their rooms and check in their bags for their afternoon flight at the same time, and they could have just arrived at gate 30 minutes before which could have saved unnecessary waiting times at the lounge or at the terminal?
This service can also be a paid service for those who have an early afternoon international O&D or simple stopover/transfers to allow anyone to check in their bags in dedicated points and have a courirer picked up and deliver to their flights, which also means say passengers travelling on SQ242 could leave work on time at 5pm, catch Uber and arrive at airport 15 minutes later and can still make their service leaving at 6pm?
In Australia, usual hotel check out time is 10 or 11am, which means unless you have an early afternoon service, you usually will have to bring your baggage to work or to your conference, then leave early enough for your 5pm or 6pm service to your home town.
With technologies such as Uber Courier, I was wondering whether it is feasible for Qantas and Virgin Australia (as well as other airlines) to launch in town check in where some of the hotels in town can offer an early check in counter for evening flights with a midday cut off, which would have allowed business travellers to check out their rooms and check in their bags for their afternoon flight at the same time, and they could have just arrived at gate 30 minutes before which could have saved unnecessary waiting times at the lounge or at the terminal?
This service can also be a paid service for those who have an early afternoon international O&D or simple stopover/transfers to allow anyone to check in their bags in dedicated points and have a courirer picked up and deliver to their flights, which also means say passengers travelling on SQ242 could leave work on time at 5pm, catch Uber and arrive at airport 15 minutes later and can still make their service leaving at 6pm?
