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Do You Use Passbook??

  • YES

    Votes: 57 40.4%
  • NO

    Votes: 84 59.6%

  • Total voters
    141
  • Poll closed .

scaredpoet

macrumors 604
Apr 6, 2007
6,627
342
I use it when traveling, for boarding passes from United. When it's time to baord the plane, the flight info shows up as a notification on the lock screen, and if I swipe it, my boarding passes are right there. Very handy.
 

Beeplance

macrumors 68000
Jul 29, 2012
1,564
500
Will want to try using it, haven't touch the app yet. Apple should promote it's usage and encourage more providers to have passes, tickets, coupons and so on. :)
 

dextr3k

macrumors 6502
Nov 26, 2012
357
1
Its a great concept, I buy movie tickets, and the QR code shows right in there along with a scannable bar code.

But I really do wish it was customizable, since there aren't many apps and everyone uses some really obscure stuff, if I could add it in, then it would make the app 100 times more useful.
 

jent

macrumors 6502a
Mar 31, 2010
893
568
Nope. I really wish you could use Passbook without needing the apps—it would be great to use Passbook for flight boarding passes but I don't care to download each airline's iOS app.
 

babens

macrumors member
Mar 11, 2012
72
22
Starbucks and boarding passes here, and every so often the Target coupons (though it's rare when one of those coupons are for something I need). I also have my Walgreens card in there, but I haven't actually scanned that yet as typically it's a lot easier to just pull out my key ring and scan the key tag. I've also just recently used it for the first time for a movie ticket purchased through the Fandango app.
 

shinji

macrumors 65816
Mar 18, 2007
1,329
1,515
I use it at Starbucks.

Would use it a lot more if it had more support.
 

vastoholic

macrumors 68000
Jan 28, 2009
1,957
1
Tulsa, OK
I used as a trial for Starbucks. Might keep using it for that. Made a custom pass for GameStop and I might use the Target ones more often now that I'm back in a town that has Target.
 

gemnilocs

macrumors 6502
Jan 26, 2011
354
74
california
Would be nice to use it....would love it I'd it could be customized...if I didn't have to download apps and of I have to download apps, it would be nice if more apps were available. Nice idea not thrilled with the execution.
 

bonskovsky

macrumors 6502
Dec 31, 2012
453
2
They should do what Keyring does, let you scan your physical card and turn it into a Passbook card!

DUH! Except when Apple does it, it will be revolutionary.
 

GoCubsGo

macrumors Nehalem
Feb 19, 2005
35,741
153
They should do what Keyring does, let you scan your physical card and turn it into a Passbook card!

DUH! Except when Apple does it, it will be revolutionary.

Agreed! People will think Apple invented that.

I use PB when I can, do not much. ;)
 

madsci954

macrumors 68030
Oct 14, 2011
2,725
658
Ohio
I used it for my boarding passes when I traveled this past Christmas, worked really good with my United app. I hope more devs utilize more in the future.
 

Sital

macrumors 68020
May 31, 2012
2,098
843
New England
Tried it with Starbucks and Target for several months. Just a few days ago I removed it from notification center and moved it to my last home page with all my other unused apps.
 

xAnthony

macrumors 65816
Mar 2, 2010
1,174
143
Passbook is just another newsstand for the majority of people. Until developers further develop more applications for it, it's pretty much useless here in Toronto.
 
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