Delta Airlines Introduces iPhone Friendly Boarding Pass
by Yves Neidlinger on 08/04/09 at 2:22 pm
Yves Neidlinger is a technologist and a social media and marketing consultant. He is the National Channel Manager for Navara and the founder and Editor in Chief of iPhoneCTO.
Fly the friendly skies with your iPhone. Not only can you now use Wi-Fi on Delta flights, but you can use your iPhone as a boarding pass.
Featured in Sky Magazine, Delta is starting to promote what it calls Paperless Check-In. If your flight originates from LaGuardia, Indianapolis, Minneapolis/St. Paul or Detroit, you can present your iPhone displaying your electronic boarding pass to TSA agents and at the gate to board your flight.
The mechanics are rather simple. On your iPhone visit http://mobile.delta.com. Voila! What is unclear, however, is if this works regardless of where you get your ticket or if it must be purchased directly from delta.com.
If your city isn’t on the list, it’s because they are in the testing phase. Paperless Check-In will soon be rolled out to Atlanta, Las Vegas, Memphis, Orlando, and Salt Lake City.
If you have an opportunity to use this new feature send us an email or tweet at twitter.com/iphonecto and let us know about your experience.
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May 2nd, 2009
I hadn't heard about this and it sort of surprises me considering all the security mandates that have taken place in the recent years. That's technology I guess.
Gus
Jun 27th, 2009
What is not clear is if you obtain the iPhone boarding pass, would it be recognized by DHS and be able to go through security check point in addition of showing your ID?
yvesrn
Jun 27th, 2009
Good question. I assume that in the cities they are testing it, DHS would need to allow you to use it, otherwise, what's the point?
Gus
Jun 27th, 2009
What is not clear is if you obtain the iPhone boarding pass, would it be recognized by DHS and be able to go through security check point in addition of showing your ID?
yvesrn
Jun 27th, 2009
Good question. I assume that in the cities they are testing it, DHS would need to allow you to use it, otherwise, what's the point?
iphoneappreviews
Sep 23rd, 2009
I don't see the point of this application. It's not making airport check-in any quicker. People will still be waiting in long lines to check their bags, long lines for security, and long lines for boarding. So the system really remains the same..
iphoneappreviews
Sep 23rd, 2009
I don't see the point of this application. It's not making airport check-in any quicker. People will still be waiting in long lines to check their bags, long lines for security, and long lines for boarding. So the system really remains the same..
Skidwid
Jul 18th, 2010
Saw someone use it at Milwaukee airport….Saves printing the paper boarding pass and also makes a great backup in case one loses the paper boarding pass.