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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Save tickets in an emmail?
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:38:44 +0100
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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.


> 
>    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.
> 
> 

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.