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Alaska Airlines to Eliminate Airport Kiosks in $2.5B Tech Upgrade (skift.com)
1 point by rippercushions on April 19, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


> The check-in kiosks will be replaced with iPad stations — essentially an iPad and credit card reader on a stand — where the passenger can pay for a checked bag and print the paper bag tag.

So basically a cheaper, less reliable kiosk?


Guess they don’t want the customers lacking smartphones? Retirees have money for the most part and the mobile ones take holidays. And there still seems to be an are cutoff grokking smartphones.




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