Standard Board Pass versus Online Easy Check-in Boarding Pass

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I think bluetooth is great.... but can they at least make the bluetooth headsets differently so that they don't make the people wearing them look ridiculous.... or perhaps I am just not sophiscated enough to appreciate the view of something sticking out one's ear while that person is talking (usually lounder then using a conventional phone or headset) into nothing.

OLCI to have a BP for record purposes, and to always have a backup available, if necessary, to claim missing mileage credit or reference the pesky 016 ticket numbers.

Then, a cardstock boarding pass at the airport for posterity. I save them all, and even write the departing and arrival gates of each leg of the flight on the back. Just another nerdy travel habit . . .

Don't find folding the letter size BP too much of a challenge. Best part is the gate agent's reaction to the often unusual paper that happened to be in my printer at the time of printing. Flourescent lime green always seems to get a raised eyebrow or two.

Definitely dislike the thermal paper, though it's better than some of the paper stock I've received from B6, which is as flimsy and easy to lose as a pay-at-the-pump gas station receipt. My students have an impressive record of having those boarding passes just flutter away mysteriously before boarding.

OLCI and print 2 page to 1. I also use both sides. The miniature bar-code will scan just fine, although the TSA ID person will be forced to use magnifying lense to read the 8.5x11 paper. I've yet to have a GA tear off half of my OLCI BP.

I waited behind a guy trying to board an AC flight with one of those... and I can now state that I prefer paper BP's.

I second the cellphone BP. I use it all the time when flying domestic in Japan and works like a charm.

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JAL has been doing this on domestic Japan flights for at least 3 years now.

A boarding pass sized card uses just as much tree (just as much pulp) as an 8-1/2x11 sheet of paper while not being able to accommodate as big an ad.

What happens if you have a cell phone boarding pass and your cell phone battery goes dead as you get to the gate?

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Pretty poor planning on the cell phone owner's part, I'd say. As bad as losing a boarding pass . . .

What I don't get about the cell phone BP is how it works at the Security checkpoint. At many airports, you're supposed to keep your BP on your person as you transit the WTMD, but your phone is taking it's little detour through the X-ray. How does the useless post-WTMD BP check get done in this situation?

i always do OLCI. i print a paper copy and also to a PDF file. the PDF ensures i have a backup in case i don't get credit for the miles or for some odd reason my employer wants a copy (happens occasionally depending on which client is paying for the flight).

the 'new' US OLCI boarding passes fold neatly into thirds making them the same size as a thermal or card stock boarding pass. i always tear off the top third to "expedite the boarding process".

i have no affection for ticket jackets. i never use them, even if i have to print out a boarding pass at the airport. the flimsiness of the thermal paper always makes me nervous, but i have never had one rip apart on me.

if electronic boarding passes prove to be something less than a pain in the butt (how is the TSA drone gonna initial it?!??!?!?), then i'd love to go that way.

I hate boarding passes printed on chicken. I always end up eating them before the flight.

Printing OLCI in case of equipment/seat changes still doesn't make sense whatsoever to me. What, are you going to go sit in the seat and argue with the person that comes on with the same assignment? That would be quite childish

Likewise. I also prefer the cardstock over the thermal as they have the cut in them which can be used when one hangs their jacket on a hanger inflight.