10 Airports Now Allow Phone/PDA Boarding Passes

October 27, 2008 | Posted in: Airport, DOT, Security

No more fumbling around for your paper boarding pass at the security checkpoint.

Now you can simply show the TSA agent your cell phone or PDA – as it displays the downloaded boarding pass. The agent then uses a handheld scanner on boarding pass bar code – and, you’re good to go.

It’s not everywhere yet, though -the pilot program is only available at 10 airports, and 4 airlines. Here’s the list:

Continental:

  • Austin – Austin-Bergstrom International
  • Boston – Logan International
  • Cleveland – Cleveland Hopkins Airport
  • Houston – George Bush Intercontinental
  • Newark – Neward Liberty International
  • San Antonio International
  • Washington – Ronald Reagan Washington National

Northwest Airlines:

  • Indianapolis International

Delta Airlines

  • New York – LaGuardia Airport

Alaska Airlines

  • Seattle – Seattle-Tacoma International

Also note: Northwest plans to add Detroit to its roster of airports, soon.

One Response to “10 Airports Now Allow Phone/PDA Boarding Passes”

  1. Elliot Campbell says:

    Rick, your missing everywhere north – both Air Canada and Westjet have also been using mobile boarding passes (and at least in Air Canada’s case – for longer than any U.S.-based airline has). I’m not sure exactly how many airports allow it, but I’m sure its more than 10. The catch of course, is that you can’t use mobile boarding passes on flights from Canada to the U.S. – I’m guessing U.S. customs pre-clearance in Canada is the reason for that.

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