Comments on: Air Canada Brings Your Boarding Pass To Your Mobile Phone http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/ Thu, 24 May 2012 05:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Cranky Flier » A Warning About Mobile Phone Check-In http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-52459 The Cranky Flier » A Warning About Mobile Phone Check-In Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:56:20 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/#comment-52459 [...] are racing to allow passengers to check in for flights using only a mobile phone. I wrote about Air Canada rolling it out last year, and lately both Continental and Delta have put out tests of their own. Delta just put out a blog [...] [...] are racing to allow passengers to check in for flights using only a mobile phone. I wrote about Air Canada rolling it out last year, and lately both Continental and Delta have put out tests of their own. Delta just put out a blog [...]

]]> By: Jim Mirkalami http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-24903 Jim Mirkalami Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:47:29 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/#comment-24903 I have been visiting this site a lot lately, so i thought it is a good idea to show my appreciation with a comment. Thanks, Jim Mirkalami I have been visiting this site a lot lately, so i thought it is a good idea to show my appreciation with a comment.

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]]> By: Cliff Barnard http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-6036 Cliff Barnard Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:59:59 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/#comment-6036 NickB -- if the IATA is going to push a standardized barcode that actually has the name and flight number etc encoded into the barcode (al la UPS's Maxicode) it won't close the hole. The TSA needs to be comparing the person's ID to the data in the record. The boarding pass should just be a way to access the record, honestly even having the person's name on it is unnecessary.. NickB — if the IATA is going to push a standardized barcode that actually has the name and flight number etc encoded into the barcode (al la UPS’s Maxicode) it won’t close the hole. The TSA needs to be comparing the person’s ID to the data in the record. The boarding pass should just be a way to access the record, honestly even having the person’s name on it is unnecessary..

]]> By: Stan http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-5958 Stan Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:21:25 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/#comment-5958 How totally cool! How totally cool!

]]> By: Nick B http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-5913 Nick B Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:48:17 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/#comment-5913 There's actually a push, I think from IATA, to move all airlines to a standardized barcode. Part of the reasoning for this is to allow scanning of boarding pass printed by other airlines (think code share and interline connections). If the bar codes for all airlines were in a standardized format, it wouldn't be hard for the TSA to use scanners during the ID check to verify they have the correct boarding pass/person. All the TSA would need is a simple decoder program to display the data from the barcode, so airlines would have no need to worry about the TSA having access to their computer systems or pay an agent to scan passes. There’s actually a push, I think from IATA, to move all airlines to a standardized barcode. Part of the reasoning for this is to allow scanning of boarding pass printed by other airlines (think code share and interline connections).

If the bar codes for all airlines were in a standardized format, it wouldn’t be hard for the TSA to use scanners during the ID check to verify they have the correct boarding pass/person. All the TSA would need is a simple decoder program to display the data from the barcode, so airlines would have no need to worry about the TSA having access to their computer systems or pay an agent to scan passes.

]]> By: Cliff Barnard http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-5886 Cliff Barnard Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:37:41 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/#comment-5886 You know, this is kindof hypocritical of the TSA, given that they still haven't closed the security hole that allows you to get by the security checkpoint under your name, but board under a false name, thereby bypassing all of the electronic data screening that the TSA does. The one thing that I think Air Canada should encourage is having the security checkpoint scan all of their boarding passes. I know no airline wants to have the additional cost of building a data interface to the TSA, or posting an agent at the checkpoint to verify boarding passes themselves, but simply the fact that this hole exists is old news, and it reeks of indifference. You know, this is kindof hypocritical of the TSA, given that they still haven’t closed the security hole that allows you to get by the security checkpoint under your name, but board under a false name, thereby bypassing all of the electronic data screening that the TSA does.

The one thing that I think Air Canada should encourage is having the security checkpoint scan all of their boarding passes.

I know no airline wants to have the additional cost of building a data interface to the TSA, or posting an agent at the checkpoint to verify boarding passes themselves, but simply the fact that this hole exists is old news, and it reeks of indifference.

]]> By: CF http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-5883 CF Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:18:41 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/#comment-5883 You are correct, but <a href="http://cnrp.ccnmatthews.com/client/westjet/releaseen.jsp?actionFor=763720&year=2007&releaseSeq=10" rel="nofollow">WestJet does it</a> the way Mobiqa does - you still have to check in online and then have the boarding pass sent to your phone. You are correct, but WestJet does it the way Mobiqa does – you still have to check in online and then have the boarding pass sent to your phone.

]]> By: Will http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-5881 Will Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:12:08 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/09/25/air-canada-brings-your-boarding-pass-to-your-mobile-phone/#comment-5881 I just took a couple of flights in and from Canada and I thought I heard rumblings that WestJet was already doing this. I could be wrong though! I just took a couple of flights in and from Canada and I thought I heard rumblings that WestJet was already doing this. I could be wrong though!

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