I’m just sitting here, starving at the airport. But since I’m stuck here for a bit, I thought I’d hop online (through my phone – woo!), and give you a piece of Delta advice.
If you show up and there is a long line at the ticket counter, simply walk up to the self-serve terminal doohickey, and swipe a card (assuming you don’t have the card that bought the tickets). The system will not find you, and ask you to get one of the self-serve helpers.
Interesting sidenote – you can also swipe your driver’s license.
There was one immediately available, and I showed her my error. She hit up her terminal, after I gave her my flight number, and got me going. Instead of waiting in line for what looked like 30-45 minutes, I spent less than 5.
Rock.
It’s even faster when it does find you in the system, because the machine just prints up your boarding pass and then you are on your merry way. This is the only way I fly now, super fast and easy.