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thats why i always print my airlines tickets instead of trusting eTickets on my phone

by parpfish 2y ago

jimt1234 2y ago
Me too. Paper-printed tickets have an amazingly long battery life.
sjf 2y ago
Find me a printer that’s more reliable than a phone.
- cibyr 2y ago
  https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-laser-wi-fi-its-fine https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-...
- Cerium 2y ago
  The reliability of the printer versus the phone is not at discussion. The reason to go with paper tickets is that they have significantly better availability and partition tolerance than phone based tickets. Using a paper ticket requires that the ticket be available at an exact future moment in time (when you board). The hassle of potentially using multiple unreliable printers ahead of time to prepare the paper ticket is an engineering trade off in providing a system with excellent time of use properties. In the event that your personal printer is not functioning, the airport has many publicly accessible printers for your ticket printing convenience.
- epcoa 2y ago
  Still use the same Brother laser AIO purchased in 2007, a printer in 2006 and a Canon around the same time. They all work perfectly, only the rubber rollers on the double sided ADF had to be replaced. I don’t have any phones still working of that vintage. Not a perfect comparison but the argument is dumb because the item at issue is the printed product not the printer.
- Terr_ 2y ago
  If a printer is broken, you find that out much earlier, with time to address the fault before it becomes a crisis. If someone is carrying their printer with them on their entire trip in order to print their boarding passes at the last possible second at the gate, that's... A different kind of problem.
spurgu 2y ago
I never trust e-tickets either but I save mine as photos. Quick and easy to access. Photo gallery works without an internet connection. Plus photos are synced to the cloud so this way if I have a phone emergency I would also be able access the ticket from my laptop.
- Scoundreller 2y ago
  Have yet to try to hand the gate agent my laptop screen to scan. Will try!
- parpfish 2y ago
  that doesn't help my main worry of the battery dying. nightmare scenario: your flight is delayed on the runway, so you end up watching a bunch of videos and draining the device battery. once you land, you sprint to catch your connecting flight following the delay. but just as you get to the gate to board, your phone dies and you can't prove you have a ticket before they close the door.
  - snakeboy 2y ago
    Sorry, I know I'm being that guy, but if making my tight flight connection depends on saving my phone battery, I just wouldn't watch a bunch of videos and would instead turn it off until my flight lands?
    - EasyMark 2y ago
      What happens if your phone dies? Now you have to go to a counter to get help. That won’t happen with printed tickets.

thats why i always print my airlines tickets instead of trusting eTickets on my phone

jimt1234 2y ago

Me too. Paper-printed tickets have an amazingly long battery life.

sjf 2y ago

Find me a printer that’s more reliable than a phone.

cibyr 2y ago
https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-laser-wi-fi-its-fine https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-...
Cerium 2y ago
The reliability of the printer versus the phone is not at discussion. The reason to go with paper tickets is that they have significantly better availability and partition tolerance than phone based tickets. Using a paper ticket requires that the ticket be available at an exact future moment in time (when you board). The hassle of potentially using multiple unreliable printers ahead of time to prepare the paper ticket is an engineering trade off in providing a system with excellent time of use properties. In the event that your personal printer is not functioning, the airport has many publicly accessible printers for your ticket printing convenience.
epcoa 2y ago
Still use the same Brother laser AIO purchased in 2007, a printer in 2006 and a Canon around the same time. They all work perfectly, only the rubber rollers on the double sided ADF had to be replaced. I don’t have any phones still working of that vintage. Not a perfect comparison but the argument is dumb because the item at issue is the printed product not the printer.
Terr_ 2y ago
If a printer is broken, you find that out much earlier, with time to address the fault before it becomes a crisis. If someone is carrying their printer with them on their entire trip in order to print their boarding passes at the last possible second at the gate, that's... A different kind of problem.

spurgu 2y ago

I never trust e-tickets either but I save mine as photos. Quick and easy to access. Photo gallery works without an internet connection. Plus photos are synced to the cloud so this way if I have a phone emergency I would also be able access the ticket from my laptop.

Scoundreller 2y ago
Have yet to try to hand the gate agent my laptop screen to scan. Will try!
parpfish 2y ago
that doesn't help my main worry of the battery dying. nightmare scenario: your flight is delayed on the runway, so you end up watching a bunch of videos and draining the device battery. once you land, you sprint to catch your connecting flight following the delay. but just as you get to the gate to board, your phone dies and you can't prove you have a ticket before they close the door.
- snakeboy 2y ago
  Sorry, I know I'm being that guy, but if making my tight flight connection depends on saving my phone battery, I just wouldn't watch a bunch of videos and would instead turn it off until my flight lands?
  - EasyMark 2y ago
    What happens if your phone dies? Now you have to go to a counter to get help. That won’t happen with printed tickets.