Originally Posted by
Andy
I don't think that OAL can check in electronically with United, but it wouldn't surprise me if that's now the case. The ALPA app says gate check in.
And you don't have to be checked in at the gate the plane's flying out of. If you find a gate agent at another gate, they can check you and so can the ticket counter.
The other jumpseater could have been bumped from a previous flight too. He wouldn’t need to check in at the next gate since he was already checked in and would go ahead of subsequent OAL jumpseaters.