Okay, so the last time I tried using Air Canada’s paperless mobile check-in I got a message that my Nokia S60 handset, the world’s most popular mobile OS running on the world’s bestselling handset, wasn’t supported.
This time I actually got an SMS from AC, actually two — one with a helpful reminder of my flight number and departure time and the other with a link to the 2D barcode you see above.
You should have seen the look of abject terror on the counter agent’s face when I giddily showed her this at the airport. She made a feeble attempt to scan it with a reader she had then promptly asked me for my passport and printed up the usual paper boarding document.
Maybe I’ll have a better experience in Tokyo in a couple of weeks…
2D Barcodes are going to take off… no pun intended. These will soon go hand in hand with mobile devices
Yes and I didn’t rate Air Canada’s in flight entertainment system either. Slow, locked up and had to be reset by stewardesses, forced you to watch ads before you could see a movie.
Yup. Other Star Alliance carriers — particularly Air New Zealand and Lufthansa — put Air Canada to shame.
Haven’t had the pleasure of flying with Singapore Airlines yet…