These easy check-in kiosks are already in operation at Dallas' Love Field Airport.

Southwest Airlines is teaming with IBM to offer the first of more than 250 airport self-service checkin kiosks that will be available nationwide.

The first RAPID CHECK-IN kiosks are operating at Dallas' Love Field airport, with additional kiosks planned for San Antonio, Phoenix, Nashville, Houston Hobby, Chicago Midway, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, Sacramento, Orlando, and Baltimore/Washington.

The addition of self-service kiosks
comes just a month after Southwest automated its flight
checkin process, changing from plastic boarding cards to
personalized paper, to help reduce the amount of time
customers wait in airport lines. These measures are part of
Southwest's commitment to improving the airport experience
for its customers following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks.

Customers with (electronic) Ticketless reservations may
use Southwest Airlines' new kiosks (in English or Spanish) by simply swiping a credit card or Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards frequent flyer card to start the checkin process. The system can print a boarding pass, baggage tags (at Ticket Counter positions only), travel itinerary, or receipt. It also allows
Customers to add a Rapid Rewards account number to an
itinerary so the member can receive frequent flyer credit
for a particular flight.

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