At airports, I’ve always waited in line to get a printed boarding pass. Time for a change I guess.

Apparently I can check online and print my boarding pass as a pdf at home or even download the airline’s app and get a qr code to print the boarding pass at a kiosk inside the airport. Do I need an active internet connection at the airport to use the kiosk? I wont have internet there.

My airline explains they can send a pdf copy of the boarding pass to my email address. Is it really not a problem to print my boarding pass on regular office paper and not on cardboard airlines use?

If I download the airline’s app to get the qr code to print the boarding card at the kiosk, will the airline spam me with ads I don’t want?

Can I both print the boarding pass at home AND get the qr code to print the boarding pass at the kiosk?

Apparently there is something called ‘receive boarding pass by sms’. How does this work?

  • @[email protected]
    19•4 months ago

    You can just save your QR code as a picture on your phone, you don’t need internet.

    This. OP says they won’t have internet and they don’t seem to fly often. Since most Airline apps are shitty, don’t rely on their app. It could disappear; crash; forget who you are; know who you are, but forget about your flight. This never happens to frequent flyers with the regular airline, but it could totally happen to OP. (And no, it’s not the super-low-cost budget airlines that have shitty apps)

    • @[email protected]
      8•4 months ago

      Airlines these days are really easy to recover from digital failures. Just walk up to the desk and they will print out whatever you need.

      • @[email protected]
        2•4 months ago

        Exactly, don’t worry if your phone stops working or if you lose the physical Boarding pass. Just ask nicely and they will print it out for you in case something does not work out.

    • @[email protected]
      6•4 months ago

      I always take screenshots of the app screens and have them ready to go. Nothing worse than the app deciding it needs to refresh and then hanging just as you reach a scanner.

      I print paper copies just in case but rarely need them. Last time I tried to use one the scanner couldn’t read it because it was designed to scan phones and passes, not the giant version they send you to print.

      • @[email protected]
        2•4 months ago

        Well, as someone who has lost boarding passes with no backup before: it’s really not a big deal. Just ask the boarding crew and they will print your pass again.