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Checking In With QR Codes Puts the 'Tech' in 'Texas'

January 30, 2009 at 4:01 PM | by | Comments (0)

We never thought we'd see the day when all you physically needed to board a flight is your ID and your cell phone, especially since making calls on flights is still very much a no-no. But according to the Austin American-Statesman, US airlines like Delta, Continental and American are experimenting with checking in passengers via QR code, or those curious black-and-white nouveau barcodes.

Popular overseas but lagging in the States, the QR, or "Quick Reponse" code, is a digital mark which, once captured by a cell phone's camera, will redirect to a specific website. Reinterpreted for airline check-in, passengers will display the QR code on their cell phones, which will be scanned at security. No more paper, hallelujah!

Actually, Continental is the real maverick here as they've already placed the system in a few hubs:

Houston-based Continental offers its paperless boarding pass program at several airports across the country including Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, San Antonio International Airport, Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National. Each paperless boarding pass displays an encrypted two-dimensional bar code along with passenger and flight information that will identify the traveler. Phones are then scanned by U.S. Transportation Security Administration workers at security as the passengers head for their gate.

If we've been getting coupons for Borders Bookstore on our phone for months, then it's about time we get to fly cross-country utilizing the same technology. Too bad the Texans get to have all the fun for now.

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