Re: Can it reduce the time spent at airports
I used to & like to be at the airport (Parked up & in the terminal building) the full three hours before departure*.
These days web check in is so much easier & I am a little more relaxed about getting there (As daughter found out when she wasn't able to do so), but I still like to arrive in that 2 - 3 hour window, I find the time flies (Sorry - Not sorry) doing the shopping, security checks, finally eating & drinking (See Icon) at popular prices** in the departure lounge.
* It saved my bacon once when discovering I had the Ex-Mrs Oncoming Scorn's passport*** in my hand & was able to get the right one couriered to me in time for the flight (Fathers death - Family were following in a weeks time).
** Extortionate - That's why they are popular with the business's concerned.
*** It also taught me if she'd had access to them when I put mine out & readied for my single flights to double check before leaving the house.