Passbook installed on the iPhone allows you to store your tickets, shop cards, coupons and boarding passes in one convenient app and uses GPS location information to show you what you need when you are in a specific location. This feature can help you when you go to the movies and can make your airplane travel experience more comfortable. If you want to know how to set up and use Passbook on your iPhone, just follow these steps.
Steps
Part 1 of 2: Configure Passbook
Step 1. Enter the Home screen
The iPhone home screen is the screen that allows you to access your contacts, send messages and use many applications. Just unlock your phone to access this screen.
Step 2. Tap the Passbook icon
This icon looks like a black pocket with three colored passes inside. Tapping on it will launch the Passbook app. This will take you to a new screen explaining some of Passbook's features. You will be able to:
- Retrieve your boarding passes on your phone and acquire them at the gate
- Take tickets to movies, concerts and other events
- Purchase or use store gift cards
- Use coupons or discounts on many products and events
Step 3. Tap the "App Store" button
You can find this button at the bottom of the page. If you have never used Passbook before, then you will need to install some applications to get started.
Step 4. Tap the "Free" button next to the app you want to use
You can find this button to the right of the applications. Just scroll through the applications until you find the one you want to start with. When you tap the button, it will turn into another one with the word "Install App". You can install as many applications as you want. Here are some of the most popular:
- Eventbrite
- Starbucks
- Fandango Movies
- Amtrak
- American, United and Delta airlines
- Dunkin 'Donuts
- Walgreens
Step 5. Tap the "Install App" button
Tap the green "Install App" button that appears in place of the "Free" button and wait for the application to be installed. This may take a few minutes or more, depending on the speed of your internet connection.
Part 2 of 2: Adding and Using Your Passes
Step 1. Add Passes to your Passbook
Once you've installed the apps you want to use, you can start adding them to your Passbook. Remember, though, that not all services use Passbook, so if you don't see an option to use it, it could mean that particular merchant doesn't use it. If, on the other hand, passes are available, there are three main ways to add them to your phone:
- Through a Passbook-enabled app. If you use the app on your iPhone to buy tickets, check in for a flight, buy a gift card, or complete some other transactions, the app will offer you a pass to add to Passbook. To use your Passbook app, find it by tapping Passbook first or simply by locating it on your Home screen.
- By email or messaging. You can also send or receive a pass as an attachment or link, via email or text message. If you receive a pass by post or email, tap or click on the pass and wait for it to be added to Passbook. For example, an email receipt of movie tickets bought online might include the ticket pass as an attachment.
- Browsing the internet on your mobile. You can also find passes on websites while you search the internet. To add them to Passbook, just tap on them.
Step 2. Scan a code to add a pass
If you have a physical barcode as a pass, you can scan it to add it to your Passboook. This feature is especially useful for airline tickets that are not added automatically. To perform a scan, click on the "Scan Code" link at the top of the main page of the application. Point the camera at the barcode and hold it steady.
Step 3. Use your passes
Once you've added your passes to your phone, you need to learn how to use them. Some may automatically appear at a certain time and place, such as your boarding pass when you arrive at the airport. To view the pass so it can be scanned, all you need to do is unlock your iPhone.
- If you don't see the pass appear on your lock screen, i.e. on the screen from which you activate and disable the phone keypad lock, just select the pass from Passbook.
- If the "Display on lock screen" option is disabled for that pass, or if the merchant issuing it does not support this action, the pass may not appear on your lock screen.
Step 4. Adjust your pass settings
To adjust your pass settings, just tap the "Info" icon to see your pass settings and get more information. The "Info" screen allows you to remove the pass by tapping the trash can icon, set the pass to be displayed on your lock screen or not, allowing it to receive automatic updates. To activate the screen lock or auto update setting, just slide the setting to "on".
