"Escaping" after boarding pass scan to collect miles?
So first to clarify: There are no bad intentions whatsoever connected to my request. I simply want to collect my necessary miles before year end and thought about the following:
I'm intending to go on a flight tomorrow, have my boarding pass scanned at the boarding gate, pretending to go on board of the plane but in reality secretly "escape" instead. I know, usually this wouldn't be easy to pull off in Europe or the US but in Brazil boarding staff frequently seem to lose overview about pax. My only question though: Is there a manual count on board where staff would find out I'm not on board? Or would a manual count only be performed in case there are anomalies/discrepancies, i.e. in extraordinary circumstances? I simply want to save time and money for the flight back but I'm very close to my status which requires this one last flight. Therefore my intended strategy. Thank you for your advice if this is feasible or if I should invest 9 hours of my time in both flights. |
Can never be done after the final boarding pass scan. Safety and security means a final count and your strategy could undermine this resulting in unnecessary delays for the entire aircraft to verify who is missing and offloading the bags if any.
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What you're proposing is exactly what someone who had checked a bag containing a bomb would want to do. Airlines take a lot of care to prevent this.
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Originally Posted by titan1
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My only question though: Is there a manual count on board where staff would find out I'm not on board? ...... |
Originally Posted by titan1
(Post 31887650)
There are no bad intentions whatsoever connected to my request.
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Thanks for the heads-up and explanations, much appreciated. Obviously I will stay away from this idea.
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Originally Posted by MichaelA380
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And yet, what you are describing is just the opposite and has malicious intent (i.e. cheating) written all over it ...
Tell that as well to the thousands of people in Germany and Austria that use train trips offered by airlines instead of flights due to their short distance in order to stack up their air mile account without ever riding on these trains. |
I had once fly Uzbekistan airways when one of the passenger accidentally uses a duplicated boarding pass to board and the system allows him to board. Then they spent two hours of recounting and boarding pass rechecking, until they realize that the passenger used the wrong boarding pass.
But until today, I still dont know how the airline can issue two set of boarding pass to one travel group. |
Originally Posted by titan1
(Post 31887833)
Tell that as well to the thousands of people in Germany and Austria that use train trips offered by airlines instead of flights due to their short distance in order to stack up their air mile account without ever riding on these trains.
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Originally Posted by trooper
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Are you claiming the train staff count heads and refuse to depart if all passengers are not there? No? then how is it ACTUALLY anywhere near the same thing?
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Not a good idea. If you want the status just take the flight
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Originally Posted by titan1
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Tell that as well to the thousands of people in Germany and Austria that use train trips offered by airlines instead of flights due to their short distance in order to stack up their air mile account without ever riding on these trains.
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Originally Posted by tkelvin69
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Ah, the old "someone else did it so why can't I?" philosophy.
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Originally Posted by titan1
(Post 31887833)
Tell that as well to the thousands of people in Germany and Austria that use train trips offered by airlines instead of flights due to their short distance in order to stack up their air mile account without ever riding on these trains.
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Originally Posted by titan1
(Post 31887833)
Tell that as well to the thousands of people in Germany and Austria that use train trips offered by airlines instead of flights due to their short distance in order to stack up their air mile account without ever riding on these trains.
Originally Posted by titan1
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Everybody just calm down? I understand the security aspect and possible disruptions which is why I stay away from the original idea. But airlines offering loopholes that are subsequently exchanged and used by half of the people on here - isn't that the whole idea? I mean after all it's not stealing from anyone but these are paid tickets...
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