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American Airlines Brings Cellphone Boarding Passes to O'Hare [Cellphones]
gizmodo.com - 11/17/2008
American Airlines Brings Cellphone Boarding Passes to O'Hare [Cellphones]
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Chicago's O'Hare airport, the second busiest in the world, is set to join several other airports serviced by Delta and Continental in offering passengers the option to use their cellphones as boarding passes . The service will be available to passengers departing from Los Angeles International ...

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chicagotribune.com - 11/13/2008
American brings mobile boarding passes to O'Hare -
— chicagotribune.com — Forget e-tickets. Going paperless is the next wrinkle in air travel as American Airlines tests new mobile boarding passes at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Travelers on American can flash a bar code on their cell phone screens to board their ... (more) American brings mobile boarding passes to O'Hare -
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Introducing Mobile Boarding Passes
aa.com - 11/14/2008
Introducing Mobile Boarding Passes
— aa.com — How to use the new Mobile Boarding Pass Check in on AA.com (or AA.com Mobile) . Choose "Email for use on Cell Phone or other Mobile Device" option and include the e-mail address for your web-enabled mobile phone and/or mobile device. Check your email ... (more) Introducing Mobile Boarding Passes
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Mobility in Action - American Airlines Mobile Boarding
mobilitysite.com - 11/14/2008
Mobility in Action - American Airlines Mobile Boarding
— mobilitysite.com — It’s a small market initially, but it could lead to the future of boarding passes as well as other ideas that could spawn from this idea. Right now, its only Chicago O’Hare, LAX, and Santa Ana John Wayne airports that are doing this, but ... (more) Mobility in Action - American Airlines Mobile Boarding
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American Airlines Offers Mobile Boarding Passes at O'Hare
Newlaunches.com — ... Chicago is getting famous for a very different reason this season. Its O'Hare airport is getting geared up to accept cell phone boarding passes instead of the usual paper one. To use the feature, passengers must have an active e-mail address and an Internet-enabled mobile device to which their boarding pass and a 2-D barcode can be sent. The service will be available to passengers departing from Los Angeles International and John Wayne Orange County airports starting on Nov. 17. Source

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