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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 9:02 pm
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bambi47
 
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Originally Posted by exerda
Understandable, but I do wonder why the distinction when people with BPs can pass through the checkpoint repeatedly, presumably doing all sorts of nefarious things in the process.
Because people with boarding passes are accounted for on their flight. We know they've left the airport. Or the airline knows they haven't. You have to have a pretty good reason to get a boarding pass, but lets face it, its an honor system.
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