Tech expert shows little-known boarding pass hack for flight hidden in your iPhone camera

After waving goodbye to your luggage and watching it disappear down the conveyor belt behind the check-in clerk… you’re left with a strip of paper.

The boarding pass, your ticket to ride that you put in your passport and relentlessly check to make sure it’s still there for two hours until — breathe — you finally scramble up the stairs to your flight and give it its last air, waving to the flight attendant like a lottery ticket.

And after that… it’s dead to you. But it necessarily had to be. Because that slip of paper has a secret power you didn’t know existed.

There is a little known iPhone trick that allows you to check all this by scanning your pass on your Apple device.

Tech vlogger using @BetimiTech on TikTok posted a video showing travelers how to do this.

He explained that with one simple tap you can find out all your flight details, including whether your plane is delayed and how long the journey itself will take.

To take advantage of this hack, you must first take a clear photo of your boarding pass. Then after opening it in your Photos application, you need to tap on the details of the flight number to open the preview flight option

By following the instructions on the video of tech vlogger BetimiTech on TikTok, you can see a lot of detailed information about your flight

On the video, which has been viewed more than 51,000 times, the TikToker posted: “You can see how long your trip is and everything else.”

In the video, the tech pro proceeds to produce a boarding pass and opens the Camera app on his iPhone.

He then takes a picture of it – making sure the handwriting is clear – and opens it in the Photos application.

By double-tapping to zoom in on the screen, he can press the flight details.

This brings up a little black box and he presses the option to view ‘flight preview’.

Another tab will then open, displaying a real-time map of his flight.

In the detailed preview, he can see where he is flying from and to, what time the flight departs and arrives, in addition to a world map of the journey, terminal number and gate.

In addition, the flight duration is described, as well as a section below for baggage claim.

While not all flights appear, most major airlines support this feature on the iPhone.

And with summer vacation just around the corner, this isn’t the only plane trick you need to know.

You can also now add a boarding pass, ticket, or other pass to Apple Wallet on your iPhone.

Before vs. after scanning the boarding pass: You get a whole list of detailed information about your flight, including its duration, gate and terminal where you arrive.

To do this, you must:

1. Open the app, email, notification or other communication containing your boarding pass, ticket or other pass.
2. Tap Add to Apple Wallet.
3. The Add to Apple Wallet button
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
5. If necessary, tap Add in the top right corner.

Once you’ve followed these steps, a smaller version of your physical boarding pass will appear.

Although it contains limited details about the flight compared to the hack above, this hack allows you to easily scan your boarding pass or present it to the flight attendant.

Please note that you may need to unlock your device to show your pass or ticket before scanning or tapping it.