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Frequent Flyers On Qantas Can Simply Swipe And Fly In 2010

Where: Australia
November 13, 2009 at 10:33 AM | by | Comments (0)

With the rise of LCC (low cost carrier) airlines and their love affair with new technology, it seems like the airport check-in process is becoming the least time-consuming and easiest portion of catching a flight. There's the touchscreen kiosks, dedicated bag drop counters, and even the ability to check-in and print your boarding pass online.

In Australia however, Qantas is still the gold standard, and luckily they're just as into updating the check-in process as we are. Focusing on cutting check-in time for their domestic passengers in half, Qantas is rehauling their system with the "next generation of check-in."

What that means for you Qantas flyers out there.

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How Often Do You Look at Your Boarding Pass?

April 20, 2009 at 3:42 PM | by | Comments (7)

True story. We have a friend who has a daughter - let's call the daughter Mary, not that it matters - who was traveling overseas for the first time. Of course she had an e-ticket, which she converted into a boarding pass at the counters.

Not to ruin the ending for you but: Mary would go through two screening checks, get her ID checked, and manage to board the plane all before anyone realized that she was holding someone else's boarding pass. She should never have been allowed into the terminal. TSA - really good at their jobs.

We imagine that Mary did pretty much the same thing everyone else does: she checked in, got her boarding pass, and slipped it into the envelope. By the time she glanced at it she was already on the plane. That's also apparently the first time anybody else glanced at it either.

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