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Old Jun 9, 2013 | 9:09 pm
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texasex95
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Originally Posted by UATexasFlyer
I use the mobile boarding pass almost all of the time, but experience has taught me to always print one out as well.

I was in line for security at BDL for a while when their battery operated scanners failed. The battery died. I had to leave, get back in line to print a boarding pass, then get in line again for security.

Never again.
That same thing happened to me in San Diego. Since then, I've always had a back up printed copy.

By the way, I love Passbook for quickly getting your boarding pass before boarding the plane.
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