This is great news for frequent travellers – Jetstar is trialling a system that lets you use an SMS message as your boarding pass, forgoing the need to actually print anything off.
The system was designed by a Melbourne IT developer and will be trialled at Melbourne’s Avalon airport before being rolled out across the country over the next couple of years, according to Geoff Easdown at the Herald Sun.
The obvious beauty of the system is that because it’s based on SMS, it’s completely device agnostic so anyone can use it. Just make sure your phone’s battery is charged before you leave home…
[Herald Sun via Lifehacker]
matt
August 5, 2009 at 3:37 PM
I don’t have a mobile phone :’(
Report PermalinkJoaby
August 5, 2009 at 4:54 PM
The only catch is you have to fly with Jetstar.
Report PermalinkMichael Visser
August 5, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Go speak to Centerlink matt.
Report PermalinkDave
August 6, 2009 at 6:59 AM
The article I read said that you scan your phone and it then prints out a boarding pass. I don’t think it will be quicker as people will be lining to print and fumbling around looking for the SMS
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