Delta Airlines Testing Cell Phone Boarding Passes

Passengers flying Delta Airlines through New York's LaGuardia airport can now check-in much quicker, thanks to their cell phones. Delta is testing a new system that allows passengers to check-in up to 24 hours before their flight, and download their boarding pass right to their mobile phone.

Delta is not the first airline to use cellphones to speed up the check-in process, as Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines both began testing a similar system earlier this year. The ability to check in from your mobile phone, anywhere, anytime, is certainly a welcome convenience in a time when commercial air travel has become increasingly inconvenient in the United States.