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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 11:14 am
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Originally Posted by Roger
As Aviatrix says.

I regularly see folks (usually Americans) at Security at UK airports offer their passports which are not checked. This check is only for BPs.

Airlines do check ID at the gate, so the end result is that both ID and BPs are checked in the end.
Do they always check ID at the gate? I flew LHR-IAD on UA Sunday, and the only time when my passport was checked was at the 1K/Business Class check-in counter... However, I was asked for my ID at the *Alliance lounge in T1..
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