It's great that so much thought has been put into the design that is printed on boarding passes, but one thing that's always bothered me about them is the physical size.
Every passport is the same size, and you almost always are carrying your passport while flying.
If boarding passes were the same size as passports, they'd fit inside much more easily and make it a lot more convenient to carry.
Sure, the design printed on the paper is important too, but IMHO the size of the pass is far more important!
>you almost always are carrying your passport while flying.
What? Flying internationally is a rare event even for rich people (business travelers excepted). Most of us will do it a handful of times, or not at all. I'd estimate the vast majority of flights to be domestic. You just use the photo ID that's already in your wallet.
If you don't want to carry an additional object, just put it in Passbook on your phone using the airline's app.
Every passport is the same size, and you almost always are carrying your passport while flying.
If boarding passes were the same size as passports, they'd fit inside much more easily and make it a lot more convenient to carry.
Sure, the design printed on the paper is important too, but IMHO the size of the pass is far more important!