Early baggage check in at FAI

I called the airport and ask what time is the earliest time we can check our baggage in and I was told 4 hours early. We arrived at the airport around 2:45 am (for 6am flight) with our 8 luggage but nobody at the counter to help us check them in. We waited until 330 and only findd out we couldn't check my mom's and my son's luggage because they were not with present. It would have been nice to know that at 2:45 if only someone was there to help. Now, we dont have much time to go home with our luggage, so my husband ended up staying at the airport while I went home took care of the house, picked up my mom and my son, got all our hand carry bags, and took a taxi to the airport. And yea I tried to use Uber and Lyft but no drivers available. Oh what a stressful early morning with an early check-in baggage at Fairbanks International Airport (FAI)

 Dec. 04, 2018