Air carriers are still failing people with disabilities

Re:Air carriers are still failing people with disabilities by thaumasiotes on Thursday May 11, 2017 @06:05PM (#14319899)

I bought a gift card at IKEA in Shanghai for 100 yuan once. Shortly afterward, I visited IKEA in Palo Alto and asked a cashier how much was on the card. She scanned it and reported a hundred dollars. I asked her to confirm that, which she did, and then she offered me a "receipt" of the scan, which I accepted.

The printout correctly showed that the card contained 100 CNY. I've thought of IKEA ever since as a store where the cash registers are smarter than the cashiers.

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Re:Air carriers are still failing people with disabilities by Scoundreller on Thursday May 11, 2017 @09:19PM (#14320793)

Is the cashier "dumb" if their screen reported $100?

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Re:Air carriers are still failing people with disabilities by thaumasiotes on Thursday May 11, 2017 @11:10PM (#14321140)

It didn't, though.

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Re:Air carriers are still failing people with disabilities by seanmcdirmid on Thursday May 11, 2017 @10:14PM (#14320966)

I'm really surprised a Chinese bought IKEA card could be used in the USA anyways. These things usually rent transferable between countries.

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Re:Air carriers are still failing people with disabilities by thaumasiotes on Thursday May 11, 2017 @11:13PM (#14321151)

I can't guarantee that it was usable -- I didn't try to buy anything with it, and for IKEA US to sell to me in CNY they'd have to have an exchange rate set up -- but it was definitely readable.

On the other hand, when I asked the recipient (it was a wedding gift) about it later, he reported that his wife had recorded it as having an appropriate-given-the-exchange-rate quantity of USD, so I suspect it was in fact usable.

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Re:Air carriers are still failing people with disabilities by seanmcdirmid on Friday May 12, 2017 @03:20AM (#14322044)

Strange. This is then a sure way around Chinese currency controls, given that the RMB isn't convertible.

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Re:Air carriers are still failing people with disabilities by kalleboo on Friday May 12, 2017 @12:39AM (#14321481)

Interesting - the last time I tried to use their loyalty card ("IKEA Family"), it didn't work internationally.

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