Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
I presume one advantage is that, if you present the electronic boarding pass, it's much more difficult for the TSO to write a retaliatory "SSSS" on it ...
Correct. I find it's less likely to play the name-game if you have electronic. Not guaranteed, but makes it easier to look at the screen and say "I'm (insert name from e-BP here) today".
Originally Posted by
RichardKenner
No, it can still happen if somebody has less-than-ideal ID. But that's only relevant at those airports where you'd be showing your BP again at the WTMD. And there are fewer and fewer around.
It also still happens if you don't play the name game or don't like the interrogation at BOS/DTW. And in some places where you opt-out of the strip-search machines.