Have you ever thought about the evolution of boarding passes? In the early days of commercial aviation, passengers were issued hand-written tickets, sans seat assignment, that doubled as boarding passes. By the 1970s, airlines were using computers to print out boarding pass cards. Some would even indicate if you wanted to sit in a non-smoking section. The DIY print-at-home paper boarding pass debuted in the 1990s when more people started getting personal computers and email accounts. Then came the advent of the smartphone, and by 2010, mobile boarding passes were the standard. These days, savvy travelers are opting to go old-school again. While scanning a QR code on your phone is convenient and eco-friendly, it’s far from foolproof. Here’s why you should always print out your boarding pass.
Your phone could die.
Imagine waiting in line for an agonizing 40 minutes to go through security. You’re scrolling on your phone to stay sane as the battery quickly wanes in the background. As Murphy’s Law would have it, your phone dies the moment you get up to the TSA agent and have to present your boarding pass. Having a dead phone is worse than having no phone. That’s exactly what happened to Karen Kapnik, an avid traveler who flies a lot for work and often has tight connections. “I had to go all the way back to the area where you can print a boarding pass,” Kapnik tells Travel + Leisure about the time her phone died at the most inopportune moment. Even though she describes herself as an “early adopter of the mobile boarding pass” that embarrassing incident that almost made her miss her flight was enough to convince her to always print her boarding pass in the future.
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