In what will no doubt be the first among several who will offer this (it’s about time!), American Airlines is now the first airline to officially offer mobile boarding passes at a few airports but it shouldn’t take long for this to be available at all airports, across all airlines. Perhaps a few years, but it will happen.
According to reports on several sites, attempts to show an iPhone as a boarding pass at the gate never has worked. People were told that was not approved so a paper version had to be
Is this the wave of the future? More than likely. American Airlines started to make this mobile boarding pass option available to people who travel from Chicago O’Hare Airport, LAX, and John Wayne Airport, and it is leading the way for all other airlines. More airlines will probably follow in the near future, and it’s yet another example of the iPhone’s penetration into the everyday consciousness of business.
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Awesome! Every airline should do this now–great story!
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Wonder why they only made an app for the iPhone? I would think that there would be more corporate flyers who need this carrying Blackberrys, at least for now.
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Continental Airline has been implimenting this future on the iPhone as well as other PDAs.
Love the idea, but how is the TSA screening done? I don’t want a TSA guy to sign/stamp my iPhone after checking my ID.
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