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Any hotel business center worth its salt should have a computer set-up where you can log in to your airline online and print a boarding pass (click here for our list of hotel Internet charges, in the "Stay" section, which includes details for those that have a business center). It sounds strange to us that you weren't able to do so.
However, given that alternatives might be necessary, here are two ideas.
The first idea is as follows. You can check in online and access your Southwest Airlines' boarding pass without printing it out right then. As soon as you check in online, you lock in your place in the A, B, or C group order, depending on how early you are.
Let's assume you check in 23 hours and 59 minutes before your flight and you get a spot in Group A. That spot is yours whether or not you print out your boarding pass at that time. When you show up at the airport, you simply go to one of Southwest's electronic kiosks, input your name and confirmation code, and up pops your A-Group boarding pass. Print it out right there at the kiosk and you're all set.
An LVA staffer did this on a trip to Colorado a few months ago; it worked like a charm for all four boarding passes in his group. And it's free.
So how do you check in online without a computer? Well, you can try the hotel business center, where all you need is access to a computer, not a printer. Alternatively, you can pre-arrange with or call a family member or friend at home or at work 24 hours prior to your departure and provide your confirmation code to whoever you raise at the other end of the line; that person and a computer can check you in to hold your space.
The second idea is for those of you who want to have the actual boarding pass in hand as soon as you check in online. In this case, you can go to one of any number of FedEx Kinko's around town, where you'll find computers with printers for rent. It'll cost you a few bucks for the time it takes to check in and print out. And you'll have your boarding pass before walking out the door.
Four FedEx Kinko's stores are convenient to the tourist corridor.
The one at 830 S. 4th St. is between Hoover and Gass, two blocks north of E. Charleston Blvd. and one block east of Las Vegas Boulevard just south of downtown.
To get to the one at 395 Hughes Center Dr., go north on Hughes Center Pkwy. off E. Flamingo and take a quick right on Hughes Center Drive; the store is right there.
The one at 4440 S. Maryland Pkwy. #107 is located two blocks south of E. Flamingo, right across from the main university parking lot.
And there's one at 7620 Las Vegas Blvd. S., two or so blocks south of Warm Springs Rd. in front of the Las Vegas Outlet Center.