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New cruise service eliminates airline luggage check-in
Growing numbers of Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises’ guests can now complete the often painful airline and luggage check-in process for their flights home before they even step off the ship.
The new service enables passengers to bypass the traditional airport check-in process.
The cruise line says the service is being rolled out at ports across the US, based on approval by the US Transportation Security Administration and other agencies.
To qualify, guests must fly to a US city on an expanding list of airlines on the same day their cruise ends. Before leaving the ship, passengers confirm with the cruise their flight information; following that, boarding passes, luggage tags and claim checks are printed and distributed.
The fee for the service ranges from $10 to $20.
The pilot program for the service was completed in Vancouver during the 2003 Alaska cruise season.
Report by David Wilkening
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