I never keep the boarding pass, unless I use it as a bookmark.

Then again, I never monitor my frequent flyer miles, or hotel miles, too closely. Hell, I don't even balance my checkbook, I'm lucky if I glance at the statement and make sure nothing out of the ordinary is there.

I'm pretty irresponsible, though.

You crack me up, lalala!

If only I'd kept my David Cassidy posters ... I'd be a rich woman today!!!

David Cassidy ess???

I would have pegged you as a Leif Garrett fan, fer shure...

I've kept most of my boarding passes over the past couple of years. I guess I've just held them until I was sure the miles (with any associated bonuses) posted and never bothered to throw them away.

After reading this thread I was inspired to scatter a bunch of them on my scanner and scan them. Now my computer has some pretty cool-looking wallpaper!

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Forever. My girlfriend hates it, but I still have nearly every boarding pass from my adult flying years.

I like the wall-map idea, though. Would be great for a future den or office.

I think one year or so (10 to 16 flights per month).

As soon as the miles post, I can 'em.

Wish I hadn't done so now/continue to do so now, because I'd love to look at the tickets/boarding passes from the early 80's, from airlines that no longer exist---Eastern, Republic, etc.

But my wife STILL finds them all over the house and she would tell you that I am a packrat in this regard.

FWIW...

I keep them forever, until I lose them.

WOW, I've found my twin. However, I do monitor my FF and Hotel miles. But my checkbook, credit card statements.. I leave in the hands of the banking establishments.
I'm not big on keeping anything paper, everything is electronic for me.

one year at least. Just to keep on annoying my wife! :-)

I keep them until the miles post. Used to toss them immediately until once the miles did not post. When talking to the airline, the rep told me to fax him a copy of the BP. I told him I did't have it any more. He asked (in a surprised and condescending tone), "Why not?!?!?". Since then, I keep them until the miles post.

And as far as bureaucratic bean counters go, I am an accountant. I find most of the comments here about accountants insulting, demeaning, and insensitive. They reveal a complete lack of understanding by most people of the profession. I also find them mostly on target! I like to think that while I thrive on paper trails, I try to keep at least one foot grounded in reality. It's hard riding that fence, but when one of those barbs hit a sensitive area, it's even harder to not pay attention!!!

Remember - debits towards the windows and credits towards the doors....

So... as an accountant do you think boarding passes are required for the IRS paper trail, or are the receipts sufficient? :-)

I've got every boarding pass I've ever had (somewhere). Most from airlines that aren't even around any longer.

Along the lines of pitflyer and some others, I'm going to wallpaper a room with 'em someday.

What I don't like about many of the current boarding pass stubs, is that they usually don't have any indication of the year printed on them anywhere.

I even have many of the old Frequent Flyer "Flight Cards" from several airlines that you used to have to fill out with your name, FF account number, date, flight numbers, from/to airport codes...that you had to attach to every single flight segment coupon you used.


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Keep them until I do my expense reports. In some cases, this means that they are out of my posession 24 hours after the trip is over. Sometimes, its about 6 months - until my wife hounds me to do the d..n reports.
Chip