How Boarding Pass Scanning Works: Add a Flight in Seconds

The most tedious part of keeping a flight history log is typing everything in: airline, flight number, airports, dates, times. TripoWay's boarding pass scanner removes that step entirely — point your camera at a boarding pass (or upload a ticket PDF), and the flight is parsed and ready to save in seconds.

Here's exactly how the flow works. Step one: open your flights page and tap the scan option. You can photograph a paper boarding pass, upload a screenshot from your airline app, or drop in the PDF ticket from your confirmation email — all three work the same way.

Step two: the scanner reads the document and extracts the details that matter — airline, flight number, departure and arrival airports, and the travel date. Instead of filling out a form field by field, you get a pre-filled flight card.

Step three: review and confirm. The parsed details are shown to you before anything is saved, so you can correct anything that looks off — a codeshare flight number, an odd airport code — with a quick tap. Nothing enters your log until you approve it.

Step four: the flight is saved to your history and linked to your trips automatically. If the flight's date and destination match an existing trip, it slots right in; if not, it stands on its own in your flight log until you connect it to a trip.

The result is a complete, accurate flight history built from the documents you already have — no manual data entry, no digging through old inboxes at visa time. Scan each boarding pass as you travel, and your travel record quietly builds itself.

A few tips for the best scans: make sure the whole boarding pass is in frame, avoid glare on glossy paper, and use the original PDF from your confirmation email when you have it — digital tickets parse most reliably of all.