Editing Boarding pass (section)

===Overview===
[[Image:Mobile boarding pass KLM.JPG|thumb|A mobile boarding pass and a paper boarding pass printed after online check-in.]]
Many airlines have moved to issuing electronic boarding passes, whereby the passenger checks in either online or via a mobile device, and the boarding pass is then sent to the mobile device as an SMS or e-mail.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/technology/18check.html|title=Paper Is Out, Cellphones Are In|first=Susan|last=Stellin|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 18, 2008}}</ref> Upon completing an online reservation, the passenger can tick a box offering a mobile boarding pass. Most carriers offer two ways to get it: have one sent to mobile device (via [[e-mail]] or [[text message]]) when checking in online, or use an airline app to check in, and the boarding pass will appear within the application.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/technology/18check.html|title=Paper Is Out, Cellphones Are In|first=Susan|last=Stellin|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 18, 2008|access-date=September 23, 2017}}</ref><ref name="letsflycheaper">{{cite web|url=http://www.letsflycheaper.com/blog/mobile-boarding-pass/|title=Airlines Offer Mobile Boarding Passes|date=April 19, 2011|access-date=September 23, 2017|archive-date=April 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429061152/http://www.letsflycheaper.com/blog/mobile-boarding-pass/|url-status=dead}}</ref>  In many cases, a passenger with a smartphone can add their boarding pass to their primary digital wallet app, such as [[Google Wallet]], [[Samsung Wallet]], or [[Apple Wallet]]. This way the passenger does not need to open the airline's dedicated app and shortly before the flight, the boarding pass appears on their device's home screen.  Furthermore, a mobile boarding cards can be loaded into smart watches through the phones they are paired with.

The mobile pass is equipped with the same [[bar code]] as a standard paper boarding pass, and it is completely machine readable. The gate attendant simply scans the code displayed on the phone.<ref name="bare_url" /> IATA's BCBP standard defines the three symbologies accepted for mobile phones:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iata.org/contentassets/1dccc9ed041b4f3bbdcf8ee8682e75c4/2021_03_02-bcbp-implementation-guide-version-7-.pdf|title=IATA BCBP standard}}</ref> [[Aztec code]], [[Datamatrix]] and [[QR code]]. The United Nations [[International Telecommunication Union]] expected mobile phone subscribers to hit the 4 billion mark by the end of 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2008/09/274862-number-cell-phone-subscribers-hit-4-billion-year-un-says|title=Number of cell phone subscribers to hit 4 billion this year, UN says|date=September 25, 2008|website=UN News}}</ref>