padzilla
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Anyone got theirs yet?
Got mine, is it me or are they a heck of a lot smaller and more sensibly packed than the old ONEUNITED membership packages used to be?!Mine just turned up. Usual sort of stuff really.
Doesn't say anything about using the card for tickets...
Ah I see, I thought with the barcode being lengthways across the card it wouldnt be able to read it cos it would have to go in end-first like every other card reader in the world surely? I dont get how it works, the barcode is printed the other way around on the tickets.Its just the same as using a paper ticket, scan in the barcode as you would with the ticket. Obviously different to using the ST chip swipe machines but does make sense.
It isn't a card reader mate, it's the same scanner they use for paper tickets. I haven't got the new card yet, but I'm assuming its the same as last year meaning you just pop the card under the scanner and wait for the light to go green/amber.Ah I see, I thought with the barcode being lengthways across the card it wouldnt be able to read it cos it would have to go in end-first like every other card reader in the world surely? I dont get how it works, the barcode is printed the other way around on the tickets.
But when you think about it the card is about (exactly?) the same length as the width of a ticket, so I guess you stick it in sideways?Ah I see, I thought with the barcode being lengthways across the card it wouldnt be able to read it cos it would have to go in end-first like every other card reader in the world surely? I dont get how it works, the barcode is printed the other way around on the tickets.
Oh. Eh? I only got paper tickets last seasonIt isn't a card reader mate, it's the same scanner they use for paper tickets. I haven't got the new card yet, but I'm assuming its the same as last year meaning you just pop the card under the scanner and wait for the light to go green/amber.