<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by EchoVictor:
The simplest way to do this via Delta.com (if you have at least 25k miles) is to select a frequent flier award itinerary online (but not book it). It will show up in "My Itineraries" as a trip that has been bought and confirmed. This could then be printed and handed to security as an e-ticket. I've not done this, but it seems like it would be pretty easy. This seems like a pretty big loophole!</font>
I flew out of LAX yesteday and my paperwork was studied by a DL agent before going up the escalator that goes to the security gate checkpoint. I am sure that she would have caught on to this trick as she took her time to examine everything.