Refusal to assist with late check-in

<p>Arrived at precisely 40 minutes prior to departure and was told by jubilant kiosk staff that check-in was closed and there was nothing they could do to help.</p> <p> </p> <p>Then was **** to by kiosk staff saying that I could transfer my ticket to a later date and just pay in the difference - this turns out to be completely false.</p> <p> </p> <p>This is what you get when a useless governemnt sponsors a useless tax draining airline...complete incompetence with zero empathy.</p>