Nice airport testing mobile phone bording passes

"Magda" wrote in message
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On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:37:42 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Michael

arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... Bert Hyman wrote:
... In Michael
... wrote:
...
... Since April, Nice airport has been testing a system that allows a
... mobilephone to be used as a boarding pass, so reducing queues and
... paperwork. The system, inevitably, is based on a chip attached or
... embedded to the phone.
...
... Northwest (now Delta) has been using an E-Boarding pass system with
... mobile phones that requires no modification to the phone:
...
... http://www.nwa.com/checkin/eboarding/
...
... The barcode looks like the sam eone on a recent TGV ticket I bought. I
... think I'd prefer the chip-less solution, personally.

So do I. I won't buy a mobile phone to travel!!

You are likely to be in the majority for some time to come.

Making this the default option is simply not going to work. How is a family
expected to check in? The idea that they will all individually have RFID
enabled phones is just not going to happen.

tim

Magda wrote:
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:22:57 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:20:01 +0200, Magda wrote:
...
... On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:26:27 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin
... arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
...
... ... On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:48:56 +0200, Magda wrote:
... ...
... ... On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:30:31 -0700 (PDT), in rec.travel.europe, "H.E. President Alhaji Dr.
... ... Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh" arranged some electrons, so they looked
... ... like this:
... ...
... ... ...
... ... ... gRunge cant use a fone with his flippers
... ...
... ... Stop feeding the creature.
... ...
... ... Stop feeding both of them.
...
... Back off, I like Michael.
...
... Michael, the lovable troll?

He is funny.


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It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.
Gosh! [struggles to find blushing avatar]

Not sure that I qualify as a troll, though. I thought this chip-enabled
phone cum boarding pass was reasonably on-topic for a travel newsgroup.
And no ethnic groups were harmed in the process.


michael
http://cannes-or-bust.com/

tim..... wrote:
"Magda" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:37:42 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Michael

arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... Bert Hyman wrote:
... In Michael
... wrote:
...
... Since April, Nice airport has been testing a system that allows a
... mobilephone to be used as a boarding pass, so reducing queues and
... paperwork. The system, inevitably, is based on a chip attached or
... embedded to the phone.
...
... Northwest (now Delta) has been using an E-Boarding pass system with
... mobile phones that requires no modification to the phone:
...
... http://www.nwa.com/checkin/eboarding/
...
... The barcode looks like the sam eone on a recent TGV ticket I bought. I
... think I'd prefer the chip-less solution, personally.

So do I. I won't buy a mobile phone to travel!!

You are likely to be in the majority for some time to come.

Making this the default option is simply not going to work. How is a family
expected to check in? The idea that they will all individually have RFID
enabled phones is just not going to happen.

tim





It's likely they're just going to target business travellers. This is
certainly the case with the current test at Nice. Maybe Ryanair will
even charge for it as it saves time.

M
http://cannes-or-bust.com/

"H.E. President Alhaji Dr. Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh" a
écrit dans le message de
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On Aug 21, 11:20 am, Magda wrote:
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:26:27 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin

arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:48:56 +0200, Magda
wrote:
...
... On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:30:31 -0700 (PDT), in rec.travel.europe, "H.E.
President Alhaji Dr.
... Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh" arranged some
electrons, so they looked
... like this:
...
... ...
... ... gRunge cant use a fone with his flippers
...
... Stop feeding the creature.
...
... Stop feeding both of them.

Back off, I like Michael.

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It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.

swoon ;-)