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Does anyone else find it odd that the barcode doesn't entirely consist of a primary key referencing a passenger database? I do somewhat understand the desire t
by drblast 15y ago
Does anyone else find it odd that the barcode doesn't entirely consist of a primary key referencing a passenger database?
I do somewhat understand the desire to encode additional information for cases when, for example, network connectivity is lost at an airport terminal, but mostly this just seems unnecessary.
- epochwolf 15y agoHaving worked with some enterprise software before, this is not a surprise. What happens if you have multiple booking systems? You end up with 87734 being non-unique. GUIDs? What if the system was produced in the 80s? Having the scan code contain the same info as the boarding pass itself is just fine. It's what you would do with a paper pass anyway.