What To Do Before Departure From The Birmingham Airport
Checking in
If you only have a cabin bag and your airline offers online check-in several hours before flight departure, then use it and minimise your admin at the Birmingham Airport. Once you get to departures, simply head straight to the security gates with your airline website generated boarding pass. If, however, you have bags to check-in, then head to the self-check-in kiosks in the departure area on the second level of the airport. Should you prefer to have a teller help you with your check-in, then head to the lower floor of the airport for the manned check-in desks.
Security
Perhaps the most dreaded part of visiting an airport is going through security. But if you follow this short guide for the flight departures at Birmingham , you could have a quick and pleasant time through security. First thing’s first, do you have a plastic bag for all your liquids? If not, then head to the departure lounge on the top floor. There you will find an island where you can get a plastic, see-through bag to hold your liquids. If you already have a transparent bag to hold all your liquids, then you should have no hold-ups at the detectors.
Next, have your passport open on the photo page and head to the Birmingham Airport biometric scanning system. This newly installed system will read your passport and then lead you to a cubicle to have your face scanned. Stand in the designated area and look straight at the screen. There, it will scan your face and then you can head to bag checking.
The thought of bag checks and metal detectors can be anxiety-inducing to some people, but here’s how you can be on top of it every time. Make sure your transparent bag with all your liquids is outside your carry-on luggage. Put that in a tray, then in a separate tray put your phones, laptops, wallet, keys, belts and handbags. Don’t forget to put your jackets or coats through the conveyor belt before you walk through the metal detector and finally head to your boarding gate.
