New policy? Carry your boarding pass on board...
May 30, 2018, 4:54 pm
#92
Join Date: Jun 2014
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I can say I do not understand the people that try to print their boarding pass at home, or in a hotel. Most every airport I frequent have multiple kiosks right inside the door that can print your pass. I cannot remember ever having to wait to use them. I always use these kiosks to see if a better seat has become available anyway, although that does not apply with WN of course.
I often travel with older, foreign passengers who don't have phones with service in the US, as well as their kids who certainly won't have phones if their own Spent an hour at the hotel business center printing 25x passes for my group on a trip last year. So to your point, paper passes still have their uses.
May 31, 2018, 12:34 am
#93
Join Date: Nov 2005
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I often travel with older, foreign passengers who don't have phones with service in the US, as well as their kids who certainly won't have phones if their own Spent an hour at the hotel business center printing 25x passes for my group on a trip last year. So to your point, paper passes still have their uses.
May 31, 2018, 8:32 am
#94
Join Date: Jun 2014
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Ok fair enough. Even then I can understand I can understand why some people, such as myself would want to print out at home instead of the airport. You want to check in and confirm everything, and have something in hand so that you are prepared if there is a long line at the kiosks or the kiosks are down. If traveling with a large group, you may not wish to hold up everyone while printing. I mostly travel WN but on the times I've traveled UA with a similar group the idea has been the same.
Jun 1, 2018, 1:41 am
#95
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 61
Instead they will reside in seat back pockets for several more flights, then into trash collected by flight attendants. Not recycled, as on the ground.
Sign me,
Unembarrassed paper boarding pass user (based on real experience and on impatience watching electronic passes slowing down the boarding process)
Sign me,
Unembarrassed paper boarding pass user (based on real experience and on impatience watching electronic passes slowing down the boarding process)
i am unappolegic for slowing down the line as hopefully southwest will get the hint to get scanners that scan upwards
this does not occur with other airlines that i fly on. This is what happens when you deploy starbucks barcode scanners
Jun 1, 2018, 6:28 am
#96
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Ok fair enough. Even then I can understand I can understand why some people, such as myself would want to print out at home instead of the airport. You want to check in and confirm everything, and have something in hand so that you are prepared if there is a long line at the kiosks or the kiosks are down. If traveling with a large group, you may not wish to hold up everyone while printing. I mostly travel WN but on the times I've traveled UA with a similar group the idea has been the same.
Jun 1, 2018, 9:35 am
#97
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I like to print it before hand, if I am at the office. Why not? Another thing I don't have to do at the airport. But if I don't or if I am going out on a Monday, I will print at the kiosk. I like having the PAPER pass because it is easier to use than the phone one. But I also download the phone one as a backup, just in case I lose the paper one. I suggest people who prefer phones also get a paper one as back up in case you lose the phone, or your battery dies, or your phone suddenly breaks down.
Jun 1, 2018, 2:25 pm
#98
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SNA
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I've seen it at a couple of airports, but for the life of me I can't recall which (PDX, and SNA, I think). But yeah, the scan rate at the TSA TDC is 100% and instantaneous, surprised that's not a standard aviation-wide.
Jun 1, 2018, 3:31 pm
#99
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First saw this a few nights ago.
Was implemented within the last 10 days.
Jun 1, 2018, 3:34 pm
#100
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... and what's the backup plan for people w/o a DL (i.e., kids) and folks like me who use their Global Entry card (lose your DL once, twice shy).
Jun 1, 2018, 3:46 pm
#101
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Jun 25, 2018, 11:30 am
#103
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: ATL
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ATL-MCO today with a paper boarding pass. Held up at the TSA pre-check line by someone who couldn’t get their phone to work, and then held up again boarding by someone who couldn’t get their phone to work.
side note: FA just made us take out the safety info pamphlet in the emergency row, never seen that before
side note: FA just made us take out the safety info pamphlet in the emergency row, never seen that before
Jun 25, 2018, 11:39 am
#105
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