Originally Posted by
samftla
Checked in this morning DL 1458 FLL-LGA, two Kettles checked in at gate asking for boarding passes. Agent insisted they could not have cleared TSA without one. Guess what? TSA had cleared them, TSA notations on the e ticket print outs they were holding. DL agent printed them boarding passes and made them go back out and clear security again. Agent was amazed they had made it through without boarding passes. Aren't we all feeling safer this morning?
SAM
Wow, what a moron at DL.
TSA had clearly already screened the pax.
If the DL GA was really so concerned someone had gotten by security without being screened, why not institute a terminal dump?
FWIW, I have gotten a BP post-security many times. Either using a DM card or when connecting and needing the connecting BP for whatever reason.
Originally Posted by
GoingAway
What was the difference in the first and second screening pass in the (empty) mind of the agent that they thought it needed to be redone?
DL agent should have his or her pay docked by the amount of wasted taxpayer $$ to do the rescreening, plus the time of the pax so sent back for useless reasons.
DM's are accepted as BP's.
I've had to argue that point with more than one TSO, unfortunately. Most recently, at ACV, I was standing by for an earlier flight, and the TSO not only didn't want to accept my current BP (for a flight 5 hours in the future) but also didn't want to accept the DM card (because I wasn't "on the flight" yet--what, did he expect the GA to page me or something?) I know ACV may be a special case as it's a small airport (1 gate) and there's not much to do post-security, but:
At TPA, I stood by for a flight 8 hours earlier than my booked flight. The TSO didn't want to let me through on the BP--"It's too early for that flight." Didn't want to take the DM card--"This isn't a BP and I don't see the date." I kept pointing to the date on the DM card and indicated that flight was scheduled to depart in less than an hour, so I needed to be at the gate ASAP.
Idjits.