Originally Posted by
FTcadence
On August 21st, Donna Gold arrived at ATL, left her bags at Delta's curbside check in, passed TSA security screening using the Pre line, and boarded her Delta flight to NYC.
It was only after she took her seat on that flight that airline and TSA officials approached her and asked to see her boarding pass. After discovering that the name printed on her boarding pass was "Mark Dornan," she was informed that she was a security breach.
Donna was able to find proof that she was booked on that flight using her smart phone. After that she was assigned a different seat and was able to fly home.
Both the TSA and Delta are looking into the situation to determine who was responsible. The TSA has said that both Donna Gold and her luggage were screened, so there was no threat posed by her flying home.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/09/...boarding-pass/
Interesting. I experienced something similar this February in Atlanta. I was connecting from Air France to Delta in Atlanta. When I tried to board my connecting flight, the computer threw a fit saying I already boarded. I showed the GA my ID. Though she was puzzled, she "unboarded" me in the system, scanned my boarding pass and let me go. When I got to my seat, there was a woman there. She too had a boarding pass for the seat.
It turns out she had MY boarding pass, with my name on it and all. I have a male name, and very common Asian surname. The other passenger also arrived on the same AF flight, but she was very blonde and caucasian, so she couldn't have passed for me. Somehow, the AF agent at CDG gave her my boarding pass. Though there was transit security in Atlanta, there was no ID check. Anyhow, it was all sorted out without issue.