Never print a paper boarding pass again with mobile boarding passes.
Travelers and smartphones go hand in hand. Tasks that can be handled include tracking and rebooking flights, searching airport maps, finding food/beverage and retail outlets and checking to flights. And now airlines are allowing travelers to download their boarding passes directly onto their phones for scanning.
The process is pretty simple. Electronic boarding passes can be down landed to any web-enabled smartphone via online check-in on an airline's website after downloading an app. During check-in, travelers have the option to send the boarding pass to their smartphone via email. Once the email arrives, travelers can download the pass, which looks like a square bar code, and have it scanned at the airport security check-in point and at the gate. Below is a list of airlines with the ability to send mobile boarding passes.
Check in on aa.com (or aa.com Mobile). Choose "Email with Mobile Option" and select the appropriate email box for your mobile device.
Check your email from your mobile device. Follow the link on the email to retrieve your Mobile Boarding Pass.
Save the boarding pass to your device. Click the "Save Boarding Pass" button directly below the barcode to save it to your phone for easy access at the security checkpoint.
Proceed to Security. Make sure the entire barcode is visible on the screen of the mobile phone or mobile device and have the backlight setting set to the brightest mode possible. More »
Delta's eBoarding Pass can be requested and viewed within the Fly Delta app. The eBoarding Pass can also be sent to either an email address or mobile phone number in the form of an e-mail or text message from delta.com. The eBoarding Pass will be available for send or view after check-in is completed.More »
For United customers traveling together on the same reservation, multiple boarding passes can be put all together and viewed in one place. The mobile.united.com website also offers the option to view all mobile boarding passes for passengers who complete the check-in process. And links to the mobile boarding passes can be emailed. More »
After checking in online, save the mobile boarding pass to the photo gallery by tapping on the orange ‘Save Image to Photos’ button. The boarding pass will then display in a pop up and then follow the directions to tap and hold on the image to save to your photo gallery.More »
Customers can now download the JetBlue app onto an iPhone/iPod Touch or Android devices and check in for flights. Each paperless boarding pass is displayed as an encrypted two-dimensional barcode along with customer and flight information that TSA security officers can scan to validate the authenticity of the boarding pass at the checkpoint. Customers can present the same digital pass at the gate for streamlined boarding. More »
After downloading the Alaska Air app in iTunes, Google Play or the Windows Store, boarding passes can be saved on the device. Once the mobile boarding pass is downloaded, it can be shown when checking bags, at security and at the gate. More »
Check in at usairways.com.
The process is pretty simple. Electronic boarding passes can be down landed to any web-enabled smartphone via online check-in on an airline's website after downloading an app. During check-in, travelers have the option to send the boarding pass to their smartphone via email. Once the email arrives, travelers can download the pass, which looks like a square bar code, and have it scanned at the airport security check-in point and at the gate. Below is a list of airlines with the ability to send mobile boarding passes.
1. American Airlines
Check in on aa.com (or aa.com Mobile). Choose "Email with Mobile Option" and select the appropriate email box for your mobile device.
Check your email from your mobile device. Follow the link on the email to retrieve your Mobile Boarding Pass.
Save the boarding pass to your device. Click the "Save Boarding Pass" button directly below the barcode to save it to your phone for easy access at the security checkpoint.
Proceed to Security. Make sure the entire barcode is visible on the screen of the mobile phone or mobile device and have the backlight setting set to the brightest mode possible. More »
2. Delta Air Lines
Delta's eBoarding Pass can be requested and viewed within the Fly Delta app. The eBoarding Pass can also be sent to either an email address or mobile phone number in the form of an e-mail or text message from delta.com. The eBoarding Pass will be available for send or view after check-in is completed.More »
3. United Airlines
For United customers traveling together on the same reservation, multiple boarding passes can be put all together and viewed in one place. The mobile.united.com website also offers the option to view all mobile boarding passes for passengers who complete the check-in process. And links to the mobile boarding passes can be emailed. More »
4. Southwest Airlines
After checking in online, save the mobile boarding pass to the photo gallery by tapping on the orange ‘Save Image to Photos’ button. The boarding pass will then display in a pop up and then follow the directions to tap and hold on the image to save to your photo gallery.More »
5. JetBlue
Customers can now download the JetBlue app onto an iPhone/iPod Touch or Android devices and check in for flights. Each paperless boarding pass is displayed as an encrypted two-dimensional barcode along with customer and flight information that TSA security officers can scan to validate the authenticity of the boarding pass at the checkpoint. Customers can present the same digital pass at the gate for streamlined boarding. More »
6. Alaska Airlines
After downloading the Alaska Air app in iTunes, Google Play or the Windows Store, boarding passes can be saved on the device. Once the mobile boarding pass is downloaded, it can be shown when checking bags, at security and at the gate. More »
7. US Airways
Check in at usairways.com.
- When we ask 'How do you want your passes?' check 'Send boarding passes to my email/boarding pass wallet'.'
- If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, install Passbook and tap 'Add to Passbook' from your mobile boarding pass.
- At the airport, use your mobile boarding pass at the kiosk (to check a bag), at the TSA checkpoint (to get through security) and at the gate when you board.
