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I never trust e-tickets either but I save mine as photos. Quick and easy to access. Photo gallery works without an internet connection. Plus photos are synced to the cloud so this way if I have a phone emergency I would also be able access the ticket from my laptop.

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that doesn't help my main worry of the battery dying.

nightmare scenario: your flight is delayed on the runway, so you end up watching a bunch of videos and draining the device battery. once you land, you sprint to catch your connecting flight following the delay. but just as you get to the gate to board, your phone dies and you can't prove you have a ticket before they close the door.

Sorry, I know I'm being that guy, but if making my tight flight connection depends on saving my phone battery, I just wouldn't watch a bunch of videos and would instead turn it off until my flight lands?

What happens if your phone dies? Now you have to go to a counter to get help. That won’t happen with printed tickets.

Have yet to try to hand the gate agent my laptop screen to scan. Will try!

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