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Airline checks out cell phone check-ins
Australian airline Qantas Airways has quietly begun tests of a system to allow customers to check in for flights by sending text messages from their cell phone, reports News.com. "The trial, which will initially only be available to frequent flyers traveling from Sydney to Melbourne on flights before 10 am each day, will run until mid-September. To use the service, customers need to pre-register their phone and associate it with a specific frequent flyer number. Check-in is accomplished by sending a text message up to six hours before a booked flight. A virtual "boarding pass" that includes flight and seat allocation details is then sent to the phone, which must be shown to staff when boarding. Passengers who are flying without baggage will be able to use the system without showing identification, while the luggage-laden masses will be able to deposit their bags at a counter dedicated to text-message check-ins after presenting suitable ID. Because the system relies on bar codes, only phones that support graphical messages--a group that includes most recent models--can be used." |
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