can a person with no boarding pass get a "guest pass" to go thru security?
May 9, 2011, 3:43 pm
#31
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It doesn't matter what piece of paper you're holding. It matters what the airline computers can evidentiate. If you had just come off another flight, there would be a record in the system. But if you had booked a flight and then canceled it, you no longer would have a legitimate reason for being inside the secured area.
May 9, 2011, 5:50 pm
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Couldn't you just take one of those print-at-home BPs and modify the dates? Sure, it wouldn't pass an actual inspection by someone scanning the bar code, but how often does that happen? Or does the TSA scan them now too? (I try to avoid the US so I haven't been subjected to them in a while.)
May 9, 2011, 8:00 pm
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At the least, the airline might try to prosecute you for attempted fraud (potential theft of revenue by forging documents to travel without a legitimate ticket). At most, LEOs could arrest you for tampering with documents to gain access to a secure airport facility under false pretenses. Either way, it would not end well for you. Don't go there.
May 9, 2011, 8:06 pm
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If you're that desperate to accompany your relatives beyond the security checkpoints when you are not traveling, just apply for a part-time job at that airport that includes security clearance! (hey, it's not that crazy of an idea!)
May 9, 2011, 10:08 pm
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My family has a 6 hour layover at SEA. My sister works 2 miles from the airport and wants to see me and my baby during our layover. Its too much for me and my baby to leave the airport, go thru security, hook up the carseat and worry about getting back to the airport in time for our next flight. So, I'm wondering if its possibly for my sister to visit us at the airport? Could she go thru security without a boarding pass? I just heard of some sort of "guest pass" for this sort of situation but I cant find anything about it.
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The situation you describe - you are not escorting or meeting someone on arrival to help them - I have never personally seen the an airline issue a gate pass. I have only seen airlines issue gate passes so that a person can provide assistance to someone leaving or arriving. Your particular situation is simply to have your sister meet you during your layover. I would bet that they do NOT give your sister a gate pass. But I am not the airlines, so I don't know. I have seen people ask in similar situations, but never receive one.
Maybe the refundable ticket will work?
May 9, 2011, 11:06 pm
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When the gate agent starts to ask people to be bumped off the flight for a later time or day, they wait till the airlines offer another ticket and cash. Then they take it, and after cancel their original ticket. I don't think they use the other ticket, but I do know they pocket the cash. I know of multiple employees from multiple airlines that do this. So with your example and that, I'm positive the refundable ticket is the way to go.