Beginning today at the Philadelphia International Airport, a convenient and environmentally friendly boarding pass will be available for those flying on Continental Airlines, giving travelers the option of avoiding much dreaded lines at the airport’s kisoks and ticket counters.
Travelers who go to Continental’s website within 24 hours of their flight, can have the new electronic boarding pass emailed right to their cell phones or PDA’s. So, instead of waving a paper boarding pass, travelers place their cell phone or PDA displaying the electronic ticket, on a scanner, while the TSA officer checks a government-issued photo ID like usual. Then, at the gate, before passengers board, the electronic pass is scanned again at a “gate reader.”
Philadelphia marks the 25th airport to roll out Continental’s electronic boarding pass option and the TSA expects the idea to expand nationwide.
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