Originally Posted by televisor

*A carriers are already able to verify status electronically (otherwise they wouldn't print status on a BP), it's somewhat ridiculous that they can't just query your status based on your FF number (which is usually also on your BP, if you entered as part of your booking and/or during checkin). In fact this is *probably* what most other airlines are doing, when they let you in with just a BP scan. There's no reason that fraud would be any more prevalent when not using a card (they already seem to scan the card, which I'm guessing lets them verify my status electronically).