I have a friend who got tickets to an event and will have
to have the email when she goes. They expect to scan a
barcode on her cellphone. Is there a way to save the "tickets"
on Android? She had the option to "save to Google wallet"
but can't figure that out. So I guess I'm asking about saving
an email file?
I have a friend who got tickets to an event and will have
to have the email when she goes. They expect to scan a
barcode on her cellphone.
Is there a way to save the "tickets"
on Android? She had the option to "save to Google wallet"
but can't figure that out. So I guess I'm asking about saving
an email file?
In comp.mobile.android, on Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:04:20 -0400, "Newyana2" <Newyana2@invalid.nospam> wrote:
I have a friend who got tickets to an event and will have
to have the email when she goes. They expect to scan a
barcode on her cellphone.
They may expect that, because it seems so many people live in their
cellphone these days and people love to show their phone, but I can't
believe they are insisting on it.
Just print the emails and show them the paper. If it's good enough for boarding an airplane it should be good enough for them.
After all, who would have a paper copy who was't entitled to it?? But
if two people show up with the same bar code, you can fight it out on
stage. it will be the highlight of the event.
"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
| It depends on how exactly the ticket was shipped.
|
I don't understand this very well. The tickets came via email, but they're not actually tickets or images. The email has remote
links to a company called Ticketmaster.
when I opened the email I realized the images were only remote
links.
I have a friend who got tickets to an event and will have
to have the email when she goes. They expect to scan a
barcode on her cellphone.
"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
|
| Your tickets can’t be printed if you bought your tickets over the phone, | no Print Tickets button appears, or from the app.
|
| So, there is something called "Mobile Entry tickets" that can not be
| printed, so watch for that.
|
That seems to be the case. If I understand it correctly,
she now has a choice to scan her TM app at the door,
or save the "tickets" to Google Pay. Last night she couldn't
get the TM app to work properly. Hopefully that will work out
and she can save the tickets to Google Pay. She's taking her
granddaughter to the circus and is panicking over the prospect
of a problem at entry.
I'm repeatedly surprised by how much a kiosk device
cellphones are. Everything goes through an app. Simply
buying tickets to the circus is involving Ticketmaster and
Google. And still one doesn't actually have the tickets.
Accessing the "ticket" requires contacting one of those
companies. I guess I'd expected there to be an app that
would represent personal storage on the cellphone. Then
the tickets would be some kind of digitally signed file. Though
I suppose that also has limitations. If it were done that way
then losing the cellphone would mean losing the tickets.
I didn't know about the difference in method of purchase,
though. That's good to know. So, in theory, next time
she could buy the tickets online and skip the cellphone step.
I'm repeatedly surprised by how much a kiosk device
cellphones are. Everything goes through an app. Simply
buying tickets to the circus is involving Ticketmaster and
Google. And still one doesn't actually have the tickets.
Accessing the "ticket" requires contacting one of those
companies. I guess I'd expected there to be an app that
would represent personal storage on the cellphone. Then
the tickets would be some kind of digitally signed file. Though
I suppose that also has limitations. If it were done that way
then losing the cellphone would mean losing the tickets.
On 2024-03-13 12:50, Newyana2 wrote:
"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
|
| Your tickets can’t be printed if you bought your tickets over the
phone,
| no Print Tickets button appears, or from the app.
|
| So, there is something called "Mobile Entry tickets" that can not be
| printed, so watch for that.
|
That seems to be the case. If I understand it correctly,
she now has a choice to scan her TM app at the door,
or save the "tickets" to Google Pay. Last night she couldn't
get the TM app to work properly. Hopefully that will work out
and she can save the tickets to Google Pay. She's taking her
granddaughter to the circus and is panicking over the prospect
of a problem at entry.
I'm repeatedly surprised by how much a kiosk device
cellphones are. Everything goes through an app. Simply
buying tickets to the circus is involving Ticketmaster and
Google. And still one doesn't actually have the tickets.
Accessing the "ticket" requires contacting one of those
companies. I guess I'd expected there to be an app that
would represent personal storage on the cellphone. Then
the tickets would be some kind of digitally signed file. Though
I suppose that also has limitations. If it were done that way
then losing the cellphone would mean losing the tickets.
Some kind of digitally signed file is actually used, depending on the particular protocol the venue uses. And the file is saved locally, and displayed by an application designed for the purpose.
* Making a photo of the computer display is not mentioned on any of the instructions. I don't think they like that system.
So, there are several methods to produce the ticket at the entrance, and
all of them worked for me. No problems at all.
Oh, we can buy the popcorn online, too. Identify yourself at the venue
and you get your order completed.
Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
[About electronic tickets for a movie theatre, bought on-line:]
[Many options deleted:]
* Making a photo of the computer display is not mentioned on any of the
instructions. I don't think they like that system.
The quality of a photo can be a problem for reading the code. I.e.
fuzzy, bad lighting, too long exposure / movement, etc..
We've tried that sometimes for other 'tickets' - for example when
picking up a parcel of some on-line purchase - because the e-mail was on
the wrong device and it was too much effort to get it on the right
device. But we stopped doing that.
Just today, we had another such case and I made a screenshot on my
wife's computer and used the computer's WhatsApp program to send it to
to her phone.
See, I managed to sneak in yet another use of WhatsApp! :-)
[...]
So, there are several methods to produce the ticket at the entrance, and
all of them worked for me. No problems at all.
Several methods? And they all worked? Newyana2 won't like that one
bit! :-)
[...]
Oh, we can buy the popcorn online, too. Identify yourself at the venue
and you get your order completed.
Can you pass on the popcorn? We need some in this group.
"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
| It depends on how exactly the ticket was shipped.
|
I don't understand this very well. The tickets came via email, but they're not actually tickets or images. The email has remote
links to a company called Ticketmaster. The Ticketmaster app
to "store" the tickets malfunctions. When she tries to view the
tickets, sometimes it seems to work; sometimes the barcode is
missing. She's required to have the barcodes on her phone for
scanning at the door.
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