End of the BP?

[oz_mark]

What about people that do not have a mobile phone?

Have no fear John, the bit about the beginning of the end for paper boarding passes was journalistic nonsense.

 

[JohnK]

I was just being a little cheeky. There may never be an end to boarding passes as there will always be people that want to fly who are not up to date with technology....

 

[oz_mark]

I was just being a little cheeky. There may never be an end to boarding passes as there will always be people that want to fly who are not up to date with technology....

and I was just pointing out that the journalist was sprouting nonsense (which i accept is the norm in Autralian papers)

 

[straitman]

If you read the stoy, or perhaps the version I read in the Australian on Friday, there will be 3 options, sms barcode, OLCI, and airport check in - from memory.

Mobile phones and PDFs to act as Qantas boarding passes | The Australian

medhead,

Missed that one. Thanks for the link.

 

[oz_mark]

If you read the stoy, or perhaps the version I read in the Australian on Friday, there will be 3 options, sms barcode, OLCI, and airport check in - from memory.

Mobile phones and PDFs to act as Qantas boarding passes | The Australian

The spokeswoman was only able to say there had been a "steady increase" in domestic passengers using online check-in since 1996.

Never realised OLCI had been around that long!

 

[NM]

If you read the stoy, or perhaps the version I read in the Australian on Friday, there will be 3 options, sms barcode, OLCI, and airport check in - from memory.

Each with their own "Check-In Surcharge" that can be pre-purchased at time of ticket issue, or paid at the higher rate prior to boarding

 

[straitman]

Each with their own "Check-In Surcharge" that can be pre-purchased at time of ticket issue, or paid at the higher rate prior to boarding

NM,

You are a bigger cynic than I am :!: :shock: