announced! - Business Traveller

LOT / DEJAN GOSPODAREK / DOMINIK MENTZOS
REPORT
No Pressure
If you wish to avoid the unnecessary rush when going
to the airport and also stay away from long queues,
you can always check in outside the airport – it’s a very
comfortable and stress-free way to get on board.
No
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other stage of air travel
has changed as dramatically
as the check-in procedure.
The process has particularly
benefi ted from the implementation
of modern technology at airports,
making life of passengers much
easier. Fighting for customers, airlines
have provided them with tools which
merely 10 years ago nobody even imagined,
including online check-in, or a
boarding card which can be displayed on
the screen of your mobile phone. This
doesn’t mean, however, that airlines have
forgotten about those who prefer other
check in methods. Especially for them a
number of city terminals and self-service
check-in kiosks were launched to allow
us to check in before we arrive at our
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airport. Below a selection of spots where
passengers may check in prior to their
trip to an airport.
WARSAW
Last year, LOT Polish Airlines launched
a check-in terminal in Złote Tarasy
shopping mall, in the very centre of the
Polish capital, next to Warsaw Central
Rail Station. Check in begins 24 hours
before fl ight time and closes three hours
before the fl ight. Check in offer applies
to the passengers who purchased tickets
on lot.com, through the Call Centre,
at LOT’s high street or airport ticketing
offi ces, or at travel agents offering LOT
tickets: for LOT connections or with at
least the first leg carried out on LOT.
Passengers may also check-in their bag-
Warsaw
gage and are offered free transport to the
Warsaw airport. Transport buses to the
airport leave from the bus stop with the
LOT logo next to the Hard Rock Café.
They run all the week according to the
timetable (every 1 or 2 hours, depending
on the time of the day). The buses
take passengers to Terminal 2 on the departure
level, and from there the passengers
can go directly to security. Check-in
at Złote Tarasy does not apply to charter
fl ight passengers, special baggage (bicycles,
skis, snowboards, surfboards), and