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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by tdeck on Saturday February 22, 2025 @11:37AM (#43140475)
You can do that with a boarding pass downloaded from the airline website or emailed to you by the airline. But some airlines like to hide this option in order to force you to download their app.
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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by Kwpolska on Saturday February 22, 2025 @12:04PM (#43140736)
How can you remotely update a PDF file after someone downloaded it?
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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by tdeck on Saturday February 22, 2025 @12:11PM (#43140814)
Why would you need to do that? The boarding pass has a QR code on it; the QR code links to your ticket. If you need to change your booking, they can email you a new one.
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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by JustExAWS on Saturday February 22, 2025 @03:07PM (#43142666)
They are referring to gate and time changes
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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by tdeck on Saturday February 22, 2025 @03:56PM (#43143133)
And? These are available on google, on the airline's website, and on screens throughout the terminal. Many airlines will send them to you via SMS. There's no need to have a whole app just to check your gate assignment.
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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by JustExAWS on Saturday February 22, 2025 @09:56PM (#43145961)
Or I could just use an app and get a push notification.
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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by asdff on Sunday February 23, 2025 @03:08AM (#43147628)
If you have a half gig spare for such an app these days maybe
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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by kiwijamo on Sunday February 23, 2025 @01:31AM (#43147189)
I can't remember the last time I received a gate change notification via SMS. App push notifications are more common in my experience.
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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by AlexandrB on Saturday February 22, 2025 @12:25PM (#43140986)
Some airlines email you a hyperlink that put passes in your Apple wallet from a website. This seems like the ideal case to me.
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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by raziel2p on Saturday February 22, 2025 @08:21PM (#43145233)
did you simply ignore what the parent poster wrote about it updating itself with gate numbers etc.?
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