Retention of boarding passes/travel documents
Sep 6, 2003 | 8:06 am
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Boarding passes usually end up in the trash on the plane. Hotel receipts go in my folder for submission with my expenses, or which I keep a copy, so I guess those I keep for a long time.
I don't think I've ever had credit not post and it's not worth the hassle, to me, to keep and track all of those.
The only one I've ever kept was my wife's Shanghai-SFO United BP that left Nov 1, crossed the date line, and landed early on Nov 1 again, the day US and UA started their FF cross-earning agreement. They had no clue in China on how to enter her DM number, so I kept the BP, knowing it would need to be submitted for 4K+ miles.
I don't think I've ever had credit not post and it's not worth the hassle, to me, to keep and track all of those.
The only one I've ever kept was my wife's Shanghai-SFO United BP that left Nov 1, crossed the date line, and landed early on Nov 1 again, the day US and UA started their FF cross-earning agreement. They had no clue in China on how to enter her DM number, so I kept the BP, knowing it would need to be submitted for 4K+ miles.
Sep 6, 2003 | 10:20 am
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I have kept all my Boarding Passes, from day one of my flying as a kid.
Could practically wallpaper a house I have so many.
But I've noticed a problem recently. Whatever printing method most of the airlines are using these days (thermal?)...the ink on the darn things is starting to dissappear as time goes by! Fading away to nothing!
Could practically wallpaper a house I have so many.
But I've noticed a problem recently. Whatever printing method most of the airlines are using these days (thermal?)...the ink on the darn things is starting to dissappear as time goes by! Fading away to nothing!
Sep 6, 2003 | 10:35 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PremEx:
I have kept all my Boarding Passes, from day one of my flying as a kid.</font>
I have kept all my Boarding Passes, from day one of my flying as a kid.</font>
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Sep 6, 2003 | 6:15 pm
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Receipts & Boarding Passes for six years until the chance of IRS audit is gone. For years I used to file everything neatly, but about 15 years ago I quit that timewaster and now just put rubberbands around the ticket jackets and dump them in a plastic bag on their way to the dumpster six years later.
Statements are all cleaned out at the end of each year.
Statements are all cleaned out at the end of each year.
Sep 6, 2003 | 10:35 pm
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Certainly until the points post after that it is determined by how long and persistant the nagging is. If I can ignore it I do.
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