Originally Posted by cpmairtight
I have heard a story from a pal, who has a workmate, that will only travel under an assumed name. Apparently, he alters his BP, and I guess has some "fake" credentials. So often George Washington or Alex Hamilton is on his BP . . . its weird . . . he give no reason other than not wanting any paper trail. . . bizarre. I am going to try an learn more.
Do not try that on an international flight returning back to the US, even for US citizens. There has been a recent update in what DHS uses at immigration and their data crunching from flight records is working "better" -- sort of -- but will cause more grief to more Americans as false alarms will increase. And that's where your pal's workmate may land himself in more serious trouble.
In any event, "altering a boarding pass" does not change the name that shows up on the flight manifests and remains in the PNRs. And that data is being backtracked to credit cards and bank accounts currently. In other words, the paranoia won't save him.