Almost all airlines have now switched to boarding passes containing a barcode. A barcode looks like a sequence of straight lines – thick and thin. QR codes look like a square spilled with ink. Though ...

(CBS 58) -- Posting a boarding pass on social media to announce a big vacation isn't uncommon. A search of the Instagram hashtag "boardingpass" brings up around 100,000 hits. But that pass can be a ...

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- It's not just lost luggage that airline travelers need to worry about. Your personal information could be stolen from a simple piece of paper that most people don't even think ...

Hexaware Technologies Ltd. has launched a new service to let airline passengers download 2D bar code boarding passes to their mobile devices. The new QwikCheck Bar Coded Boarding Passes can be ...

While airlines continue to fine-tune wireless checkin features, Germany's Lufthansa this spring began a gradual rollout of a new bar code-based boarding pass for e-ticket holders who have wireless ...

SAS Scandinavian Airlines this week launched a two-and-a-half month trial period for the use of mobile barcode boarding passes on travel between seven cities, including Copenhagen, Helsinki, London ...

BOSTON (CBS) - If you are catching a flight, it's all business when it comes to keeping track of your boarding pass. But once you are on the plane, do even remember what you did with it? A lot of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- With millions of people set to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday next week, the ABC7 I-Team is looking into why your airline boarding pass can be a gold mine for thieves. Most of ...