Sorry for the late reply, as others mentioned, either print at home, hotel, or at self check in kiosks at the airport. I’m irrationally paranoid about something happening to my phone whenever I need it for things beyond basic dumb phone use.
The worldwide outage caused by the faulty security update (last year?) happened while I was in the air and nearly disrupted my trip. I was flying from Japan back to my mom’s hometown in Thailand and had one more connection in Bangkok. The gate attendants were only letting people on the connecting flight with printed boarding passes.
That global security update last year put out a whole bunch of services. It could just as easily been the paper versions that wouldn’t scan and the digital were the only ones accepted. Just luck.
However, I can see the benefit for international flights with connections as your phone or device could easily lose power with long haul flying. Still pretty easy fix as most airports have power outlets everywhere for charging. But, if there was a flight delay landing, that would be a rush and extra stress.
How many flights worldwide are there? It seems like an awful waste of paper, for what is effectively a barcode.
Agreed on the waste factor. Alaska airlines started accepting electronic luggage tags that could be programmed by airlines to display the same information that goes on the paper ones. Somehow it doesn’t require a battery, and I’d hope it’s robust enough to handle getting tossed around. Something similar for boarding passes as well would be nice to have. Maybe provided by the airline and returned at your destination.
Lol, because printers is basically hunter gatherer territory. I just think printing digital information is wasteful. I don’t even see elderly people doing it any more. That’s why I’m curious. It seems harder, not easier these days.
It’s really easy for me to save my boarding pass. One button. No paper James, no ink, no networking issues. Each method works fine, almost all the time. One just is more wasteful and easier to lose or damage.
I’ve never been to an airport without wifi in the day of digital passes.
I always get printed boarding passes for domestic flights.
How and why?
Sorry for the late reply, as others mentioned, either print at home, hotel, or at self check in kiosks at the airport. I’m irrationally paranoid about something happening to my phone whenever I need it for things beyond basic dumb phone use.
The worldwide outage caused by the faulty security update (last year?) happened while I was in the air and nearly disrupted my trip. I was flying from Japan back to my mom’s hometown in Thailand and had one more connection in Bangkok. The gate attendants were only letting people on the connecting flight with printed boarding passes.
No rush. Thanks for taking the time.
That global security update last year put out a whole bunch of services. It could just as easily been the paper versions that wouldn’t scan and the digital were the only ones accepted. Just luck.
However, I can see the benefit for international flights with connections as your phone or device could easily lose power with long haul flying. Still pretty easy fix as most airports have power outlets everywhere for charging. But, if there was a flight delay landing, that would be a rush and extra stress.
How many flights worldwide are there? It seems like an awful waste of paper, for what is effectively a barcode.
Agreed on the waste factor. Alaska airlines started accepting electronic luggage tags that could be programmed by airlines to display the same information that goes on the paper ones. Somehow it doesn’t require a battery, and I’d hope it’s robust enough to handle getting tossed around. Something similar for boarding passes as well would be nice to have. Maybe provided by the airline and returned at your destination.
Own a printer and because relying on technology is for suckers.
Lol, because printers is basically hunter gatherer territory. I just think printing digital information is wasteful. I don’t even see elderly people doing it any more. That’s why I’m curious. It seems harder, not easier these days.
It’s really easy for me to print something. One button. And then I don’t have to fight a spotty 4g connection to load a barcode.
It’s really easy for me to save my boarding pass. One button. No paper James, no ink, no networking issues. Each method works fine, almost all the time. One just is more wasteful and easier to lose or damage.
I’ve never been to an airport without wifi in the day of digital passes.
Right, also, access your pass and screen shot it, then its in your camera roll and not locked away behind logins, networking, and data blackouts