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boarding pass stories: 3 news summaries

 Southwest 
 Adds $10 Fee 
 to Board Early 

Airline with no assigned seats starts charging for first dibs

Sep 2, 09 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Southwest Airlines doesn’t assign seats, but now it will start charging for the privilege of finding the best one, the Dallas Morning News reports. For an extra $10, the new “EarlyBird Check-in” allows passengers to board first, or at least right after the Business Select and Rapid... More »

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airline industry • air travel • Southwest Airlines • boarding pass • airline passengers • fees • seating

Boarding Passes Are So Last Year

Many airlines are transitioning to using cell phones instead

Mar 19, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Airlines are working on transitioning their electronic check-in systems to allow passengers to use their cell phones as boarding passes. Continenal is the first to test the system, in which a scannable bar code is displayed on the phone's screen, and the passenger never has to deal with a paper... More »

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cell phones • airline • TSA • Continental Airlines • boarding pass

Use Your Cell Phone as a Boarding Pass

Houston pilot program said to add security, save paper

Dec 4, 07 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Passengers flying Continental out of Houston today will be able to use their cellphone or PDA in lieu of a boarding pass as part of a three-month pilot program, USA Today reports. After checking in, an encrypted barcode is sent to passengers’ mobile handsets, which is scanned by a TSA... More »

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cell phones • airline industry • TSA • Continental Airlines • Air Canada • boarding pass • PDA

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