People can now check in for a domestic flight from any location, and they simply show their photo ID at the gate as they board the plane.

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Mr Filin was supported by his wife as he left hospital in Moscow for the flight to Germany, where he will check in to a clinic for further treatment.

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In January I tried to check in for a 6:00 a.m. flight from Philadelphia.

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Jeannard, who was wearing a shirt with an Air France logo and captain's epaulets on his shoulder, had a ticket for a Florida-bound US Airways flight Wednesday and asked at the check-in counter for an upgrade, authorities said.

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