NG NS marked on boarding pass
Aug 23, 2016, 11:45 am
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NG NS marked on boarding pass
I'm trying to help someone with this question.
It was at Sacramento Airport and they got "NG NS" written on their boarding pass right before security. They both went through the same metal detector, neither beeped nor had random checks. Flying to Edmonton through Seattle connection.
What does NG NS mean ?
It was at Sacramento Airport and they got "NG NS" written on their boarding pass right before security. They both went through the same metal detector, neither beeped nor had random checks. Flying to Edmonton through Seattle connection.
What does NG NS mean ?
Aug 23, 2016, 12:00 pm
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I'm trying to help someone with this question.
It was at Sacramento Airport and they got "NG NS" written on their boarding pass right before security. They both went through the same metal detector, neither beeped nor had random checks. Flying to Edmonton through Seattle connection.
What does NG NS mean ?
It was at Sacramento Airport and they got "NG NS" written on their boarding pass right before security. They both went through the same metal detector, neither beeped nor had random checks. Flying to Edmonton through Seattle connection.
What does NG NS mean ?
Since no one in the security process typically looks at a boarding pass after the initial ID check, the fact that they went through metal detectors and didn't get beeped or randomly checked is irrelevant to the boarding pass initials. (Stated differently, if either was due for extra scrutiny, it wouldn't occur because of what the TSA agent wrote on the boarding pass unless he/she also called over another agent to indicate that additional screening was necessary.)
Aug 23, 2016, 12:38 pm
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Not sure why they would need to record this information, but it seems to be standard practice for them to scribble on the BPs. From what I've gleaned, it is often their initials and check marks where they've validated certain information (names, dates, originating airport, etc.). That particular airport may require additional information or use their own abbreviations/codes for things.
Aug 24, 2016, 12:15 am
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I've noticed they occasionally write 'CAN' on the boarding pass if using a Canadian Provincial drivers licence at the TSA checkpoint. Not really sure why they bother.
Aug 24, 2016, 8:27 am
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The scribbling is part of the process to help ensure the TDC actually examines the document and ID (rather than just blankly scanning it as do the receipt checkers at, say, Costco). TSOs know that should a situation arise with a pax and the documents are an issue then management will check who reviewed the documents/id. Scribbling a "signature" helps remind the TDC that s/he is responsible and will be held accountable for failure to properly examine the documents/id.
Aug 25, 2016, 8:13 am
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It also only applies to paper BP's. Given that an ever-increasing majority of BP's are electronic with nothing, of course, written on them, the sole purpose of writing on the BP at the checkpoint is to make the Officer put his initials on the document.
Same thing when they write check marks next to your name, the date and the departure airport.
Same thing when they write check marks next to your name, the date and the departure airport.
Aug 29, 2016, 9:05 am
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If any problems, a three striper <deleted> can be called to check the ID binder. But Canadian DL is valid for TSA regardless of where you're traveling (works miracously for renting cars in the US too imagine that
). LAX TBIT, LGA, LAS tend to be the most geographically challenged IME.
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