Originally Posted by
tolkiennut
I wonder what this will mean for checking tickets in NYP... Lines are already long and slow enough and I suspect many persons will use their phone for etix. This is not as easily viewed by a "checker" as the paper... I sure hope they have done some good testing in CHI as to queueing.
Oh, it will totally be a mess for the checker even in the best-case scenario. Otherwise, so many easy ways to add 5-10 seconds per person:
- Phone went into screen lock.
- Phone on power save, screen impossibly dim
- Changed reservation, opened up the wrong PDF
- Opened confirmation email, forgot to open PDF
- PDF is open, need to spend 5 seconds zooming/scrolling.
- etc...
Maybe e-tickets will accelerate the demise of the ticket check.
