Paper is out, cellphones are in
Continental Airlines is testing a check-in system that allows passengers to display an encrypted bar code on the screen of their handheld mobile device — instead of a paper boarding pass — as they pass through security. When using the other airlines’ mobile check-in services, customers still have to print a boarding pass at an airport kiosk, though most carriers are eager to eliminate this step once the Transportation Security Administration gives its approval, The New York Times reports. The agency has been working with Continental since December to test electronic boarding passes, which for now can be used only for nonstop domestic flights out of the Houston hub of Continental. “We definitely see this as the wave of the future,†Andrea McCauley, a T.S.A. spokeswoman, told the Times. “It’s something we are very enthusiastic about pursuing.â€
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