For a while I was jealous of Continental's trial at IAH for paperless check-in. This involved displaying a special 3D bar code on your cell phone, which could be read by both TSA and at the gate. Well, I have to wait no more. CO have recently extended this facility to include departures from Newark (EWR), as well as Washington national (DCA).
It is really fantastic to be able to take out your phone and be scanned through. On my latest trip, someone in front of me at the TSA line used his phone and a number of people were asking the TSA officer about it. Even the gate agent was pleased to be able to do this, obviously not a lot of people are doing it,.....yet!
It finally looks like the US is catching up with Europe, where cell phone check in has been available for quite a time. Now just to hope that this capability spreads to other airlines (Delta, are you listening?) and airports all over the US.
Update: The day after this posting, I read in USA Today that NWA are starting paperless check in at Indianapolis. Begs the question why not at Minneapolis or Detroit. So maybe DL will get this functionality via the (merger) back door.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment