> That’s what I usually do. It’s not that much of an effort to look at the screen right at the gate you’re sitting at to confirm that nothing has changed. I‘ve been to ATL twice, it’s not that bad.

And you somehow think that’s more efficient? Do you also think polling is more efficient than web hooks and push notifications? Why would I do that?

And the restaurants are usually not right at the gate you’re sitting at. Well in our case we are usually sitting in the lounge…

> What are you going to do when something happens to your phone

Well, I personally would take out my cellular equipped iPad on the rare occasions that I was flying by myself and I would still get text notifications on my cellular equipped watch or depend on my wife having her phone, cellular equipped iPad or Watch.

If all that failed yes I would have to get a paper ticket - which you can do at the gate.

How often do you actually fly? My wife and I have been flying over a dozen times a year post Covid.

I was in ATL either flying in, out or through ATL over 25x last year alone.

> Can you imagine… how did we manage to live before everyone and their dog had a phone in their pocket.

I personally had my first phone in my pocket in 1995. Never once in 30 years has anything “happened to my phone”.