Oh let's recap for those who aren't paying attention:
Originally Posted by
skybluesea
Embarrassment to carry such cards at this stage.
.....Can't wait for Uberization of the airline industry.
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Originally Posted by
xLuther
While I was ranting here I realized I had not checked my wife's Air Miles account, sure enough they have an app and virtual card. Just installed and removed that card from my wallet.
Now if either of those 2 clowns ( Aeroplan or AC ) join 21st century I can get rid of that card card.
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Originally Posted by
xLuther
You clearly do not understand how this stuff works, virtual card is updated on the fly. There is no problem, Lounges scan bar code on ticket ( e one or paper) same deal on card.. It's the 21st century not 1973
Well, wait a minute, somewhere in another thread, someone discovered some coding that did manage to identify the century in which some of AC's It infrastructure is still based.
Originally Posted by
superangrypenguin
....It often surprises me how little consideration is made by many not in the IT industry about how complex change is in a large environment.
If you read my opening post, you'd see that such "complex" things have been installed by the likes of other airlines and hotels. We don't all have to be software engineers to understand the simplicity of use, the potential to make things easier and quite frankly, the lack of such an effort on the part of a major (international) airline and corporation like Air Canada is not impressive.
Sure, AC has bigger issues to deal with, but I'm with the voice in the other thread who said AC should spend less time hiring famous chefs to fiddle with food menus and so on.
Originally Posted by
ffsim
......What are you talking about? Every single lounge across the *A network already has access to the data associated with my physical card through its magnetic strip. And I'd be willing to bet they can all handle 2D bar codes, too, as most (all?) boarding passes have these codes. There's no reason a virtual card couldn't be implemented with minimal disruptions.
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And thank you all for your insightful comments.