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I've honestly never had a problem with a boarding pass - regardless of the format it's pretty easy to decipher. His boarding pass is flawed in a number of ways
by smiler 17y ago
I've honestly never had a problem with a boarding pass - regardless of the format it's pretty easy to decipher.
His boarding pass is flawed in a number of ways
- It lists a time - is that the boarding time or time the flight is due to depart? (The one linked below has got this covered though)
- The time is stated in 12 hour clock format. Every single time you find in an airport is listed in the 24h format - the quickest way to hunt for your flight in my experience on the boards is to first find the time as that's what they're ordered by
- A lot of flights have 4 numbers - I'm not sure he could fit 4 in the tear off strip
- These days, most people print their boarding pass at home. I'd be really annoyed if this is what I was presented with, it's a colossal waste of ink and if (as I do) you have B&W printer, the contrast is not great
- His last design is frankly laughable. He shows a map of the States with JFK -> SEA. The JFK is on the left and SEA is on the right... doh
- He has not included anywhere the airport terminal of either departure or destination airport. It's a good sanity check when you get to the airport (if you've printed your own boarding pass) and also it's a good sanity check when you arrive at the airport and you then need to get a connecting flight - you remember which terminal you're in and the need to change
- somebear 17y agoI totally agree with your criticism. His designs look nice, but it seems like that has been the focus rather than conveying the important information. Something like the missing terminal is an excellent example of this. Also, why have a map of the US? Would he have a map of the world for international flights? There would be an awful lot of white space where the font wouldn't show up. On all the trips I've taken the past few years I have checked in at home, and printed the boarding pass. The next time I will definitely use the 2D bar code on my cellphone. It's nice to have the information available, but I have that in the confirmation email, the boarding pass is (to me) just to prove that I'm allowed to get on the flight.