• finley
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    53 days ago

    When you buy a ticket and get a boarding pass, it typically comes in more than one form. When I fly, I get an email copy as well as the apps copy which I can then add to my Apple wallet. Accessing it at that point does not require an Internet connection.

    • @[email protected]
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      33 days ago

      What happens if somehow your phone gets broken? I always get a paper pass printed out just in case.

      • @IamAnonymous
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        23 days ago

        What happens if you lose the piece of paper?

        You can get a new boarding pass at the gate or before check-in so it’s not like you’ll be stranded at the airport.

        • @[email protected]
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          12 days ago

          I’m just saying it’s always good to have a backup, and it doesn’t cost you a thing. You never know what’s gonna happen, so redundancy is a good thing.

      • finley
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        3 days ago

        In 30 years of owning various cell phones and smart phones, I’ve never once broken a single one of them.

        It’s not something I worry about.

        Even still, I also have my iPad that I carry when I travel. I could always use that as well. Or my Apple Watch, which is what I most commonly use.

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            2 days ago

            I just described how I have two extra back ups, and yet, it has never happened to me any more than a decade I’ve been using these passes.

            Worst case scenario? The gate agent prints me another one after they look me up in their computer. I know this, because I’ve seen people lose their paper boarding passes, and they had no back up at all. It took them five minutes to get another one.

            I choose not to live in fear of a problem that doesn’t exist.

            • @[email protected]
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              01 day ago

              You can see it as living in fear, if that’s what helps you, I just see it as being as prepared as I can.

              • finley
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                01 day ago

                As I’ve repeatedly mentioned, I am prepared, with redundancies. And since I’ve never needed them, suddenly living in fear that I should just because you say so would be irrational.

                What you’re describing is paranoia. Again, something I avoid.