Originally Posted by
pmocek
No, they don't. They need to confirm that everyone who boards a flight paid the fare. It doesn't matter who someone is as long as he holds a valid ticket or boarding pass.
This is a tangent but there's plenty of that, so here's my thought. I'd rather not identify myself at all just to utilize a company's services either. At the same time, this scenario has occurred to my mind. Let's assume airline tickets aren't tied to names. Person A buys a ticket and gives to Person B. Person B now has a valid ticket paid for by someone else. But what if Person B has previously been banned by the airline for whatever reason? The airline has a business right to refuse service to anyone.
That's an airline's business choice, of course, and not the responsibility of DHS or any of its entities.