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sbrower Nov 13, 2008 11:21 am
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There is a discussion on the AA forum that AA is in a pilot test with TSA to allow boarding pass on cellphone. Now in effect at ORD, starting at LAX and SNA on Monday. You received a bar code on your cell phone and the TSA scans the bar code. I haven't yet seen it in use, but this means that all boarding passes at those airports will probably have bar code now. No more "MS Word" modifications.

LessO2 Nov 13, 2008 11:26 am
Originally Posted by sbrower (Post 10744665)
There is a discussion on the AA forum that AA is in a pilot test with TSA to allow boarding pass on cellphone. Now in effect at ORD, starting at LAX and SNA on Monday. You received a bar code on your cell phone and the TSA scans the bar code. I haven't yet seen it in use, but this means that all boarding passes at those airports will probably have bar code now. No more "MS Word" modifications.
I think CO has been doing this for awhile.

This "enhancement" has little to do with actual security, it's more out of the airlines eliminating another cost -- of manpower, paper/ticket stock and/or printers.

As for the security aspect of it, where there's a will, there's a way.

sbrower Nov 13, 2008 11:32 am
Originally Posted by LessO2 (Post 10744772)
As for the security aspect of it, where there's a will, there's a way.
Sorry, I was typing quickly in OP. I don't think that ID is security at a significant level, and I didn't mean that a determined professional can't find a way around this. Even I have already figured out a couple. BUT, it means that the idea of "removing" an SSSS, for example, won't work.

DevilDog438 Nov 13, 2008 3:49 pm
Originally Posted by LessO2 (Post 10744772)
I think CO has been doing this for awhile.

This "enhancement" has little to do with actual security, it's more out of the airlines eliminating another cost -- of manpower, paper/ticket stock and/or printers.

As for the security aspect of it, where there's a will, there's a way.
It is also a way for TSA to contribute more data to the SecureFlight database.

#10 Nov 13, 2008 7:37 pm

LH offers this. I assume it is just for flights departing Germany/EU but do not know for a fact.


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