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Unless the ticket was bought by a stolen identity and then the boarding pass handed over to a person on a terrorist watchlist who boards with his genuine, misma
by freetanga 2y ago
Unless the ticket was bought by a stolen identity and then the boarding pass handed over to a person on a terrorist watchlist who boards with his genuine, mismatching ID
That could be another 9-11. Worth the trade off ?
- jrockway 2y agoI don't think the watchlists really do anything. Checking your ID against the boarding pass is just yield management for the airlines. (Compare the cost of a full fare economy ticket 45 minutes before the flight to what some desperate person would sell it to you for, knowing that they either use it or lose it.)
- WrongAssumption 2y agoThey check id and boarding pass at security before entering the terminal.
- ghaff 2y agoThe don't actually check boarding passes at security in the US in my recent experience. Though your ID may be tied to your ticket in the computer system in some manner.
- BobaFloutist 2y agoHow did the person on a terrorist watch-list make it through security in the first place, and why wouldn't that work for the actual boarding?