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Old Dec 12, 2010, 12:32 am
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What is the point of TSA marking your BP?

Just going through some boarding passes from my many trips this year, I've always wondered why the clerk performing TDC duty uses a highlighter to check mark items on my BP, or stamp it with a silly stamp that says (DHS-TSA-TDC).. Is there any point to this? Obviously they might mark you as SSSS when you pass through, but it still seems pretty pointless.. Many times when I travel, I get a new BP on card stock, use mobile BP (which does not get scribbled on),use my OLCI BP which I kept in my bag, or discard the scribble BP, or just don't use it for the rest of the trip.. Pointless, huh?

Thoughts are appreciated.
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