Qantas and chipped FF cards
It seems Qantas are finally getting around to introducing frequent flyer membership cards with a chip embedded in them, in a technology marketing maneuver they’re calling “Intelligent Q”. A fluffy e-mail arrived in my inbox this morning telling me how wonderful it would be – I’d touch my card to a reader at the airport and be automagically checked in for my flight.
2010 and this is leading edge tech? Anyway, Air New Zealand have had this running for some time now, so it’s not quite the feat that Qantas would have everyone believe.
The e-mail goes on to say that the rollout begins at PER domestic on the 28th of July, with other domestic ports to be rolled out later in the year.