Comments on: Do I have to print my Yankees tix?

Question: Do I have to print my Yankees tix?

chasing — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:21:50 -0800

I got some print at home Yankee's tickets. Can I just put the PDF on my iPhone and have them scan off that to get in? Or do I need to print?

I don't own a printer, you see.

By: dunkadunc

dunkadunc — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:26:10 -0800

Print them at a public library? It generally runs from 10-30c per page.

By: vrakatar

vrakatar — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:03:30 -0800

Print at a friend's or at work. Or call them to make sure they can scan it. You don't want to get there and fail to get in, there is a pennant race on.

GO YANKEES!

By: JohnnyGunn

JohnnyGunn — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:14:11 -0800

I had the same question two weeks ago. I called and was told they could scan my phone, but only one ticket per phone. I was too chicken shit to try it and got a print out.

By: chasing

chasing — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 06:27:57 -0800

Heh. I'm aware of the existence of printers. :-) What I'd like to do is avoid that step.

By: anaximander

anaximander — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 06:33:41 -0800

I used to work at a GAA stadium in Ireland and people would occasionally do this. It worked fine every time (our scanners read the barcode from the phones' screens without any issues), but it probably wouldn't hurt to call and make sure first.

By: mollweide

mollweide — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 07:49:42 -0800

Ha! I just went through this yesterday. I printed them on a neighbor's printer. After I got in, I spent a few minutes watching them scan tickets and didn't see anyone using their phone. Of course, Johnny Gunn got the info that counts. I wonder if they don't promote the idea because people might wind up ignoring the understandable "one per phone rule".

By: chasing

chasing — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:13:54 -0800

Well, we're going to print and then try with the phones. So we'll see. And if the phone way fails, we still have the paper.

For science!

By: Ookseer

Ookseer — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:56:45 -0800

Be sure to follow-up (For science!) Optical barcode scanners can read phone barcode no problem while laser scanners typically can't read them at all. Laser scanners are becoming less common outside of grocery scanners, but it's not a for sure thing either way at this point.

By: ArgentCorvid

ArgentCorvid — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:29:36 -0800

It might work on an iPhone, but I haven't had it work with my Nokia, but I didn't pay attention to the type of scanner

By: wierdo

wierdo — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:24:45 -0800

IME, it's all about brightness, at least with the optical scanners. Turn the screen up too bright, it no worky. Turn the brightness down too far, it still no worky. Maybe they've licked this to some degree, because the TSA and the airlines ask you to have the brightness all the way up for using a boarding pass on your phone.