Found Boarding Passes
May 3, 2019, 9:40 pm
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Found Boarding Passes
Today I discovered two boarding passes in the seat pocket left over from the previous days flight. Not a big deal but ??
Clearly the cleaning crew missed it (horrors)
It had the names of the two passengers as Mr and Mrs, it had both their ticket number and booking code (no FF number as it had been stamped NO FF CREDIT. It was TPA-DTW in F . It had a big stamp DOCS-OK so I deduced they were on a TATL trip since their arrival time was after 6pm.. My wife challenged that deduction so I took it a step farther when I got home to my computer and the Delta web site.
I was able to bring up their complete itinerary to Europe and back and the ability to change their seats and add features ???? I then could also bring up their FF numbers as well as a list of add-ons such as need for handicap assistance, mobility problems, hearing problems etc.etc..
It struck me that you really shouldn't leave your boarding passes for others to find while your still on your trip
Have you ever checked in for a flight and found your seats were gone and the agent could not fully explain it? A lost boarding pass on an earlier flight might explain it
Clearly the cleaning crew missed it (horrors)
It had the names of the two passengers as Mr and Mrs, it had both their ticket number and booking code (no FF number as it had been stamped NO FF CREDIT. It was TPA-DTW in F . It had a big stamp DOCS-OK so I deduced they were on a TATL trip since their arrival time was after 6pm.. My wife challenged that deduction so I took it a step farther when I got home to my computer and the Delta web site.
I was able to bring up their complete itinerary to Europe and back and the ability to change their seats and add features ???? I then could also bring up their FF numbers as well as a list of add-ons such as need for handicap assistance, mobility problems, hearing problems etc.etc..
It struck me that you really shouldn't leave your boarding passes for others to find while your still on your trip
Have you ever checked in for a flight and found your seats were gone and the agent could not fully explain it? A lost boarding pass on an earlier flight might explain it
May 3, 2019, 9:47 pm
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I found a BP for Peter Coors in the seatback pocket years ago, he was flying DEN-LAX in F on UA.
It's true that your BP contains all the information necessary for someone to change your seat or even cancel your ticket. Since there is little to no incentive for them to do so, I don't think it is a big risk, but definitely better to keep your BP close-at-hand.
It's true that your BP contains all the information necessary for someone to change your seat or even cancel your ticket. Since there is little to no incentive for them to do so, I don't think it is a big risk, but definitely better to keep your BP close-at-hand.
May 3, 2019, 10:29 pm
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Apropos of nothing really but I have often wondered who the he** puts their boarding pass - or any other important documents - in that seatback pocket. I mean, really? It is almost as dumb as the guy who wrote about leaving his WALLET there. Sheesh!
May 3, 2019, 10:49 pm
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I agree, and I'm also careful not to leave boarding pass/itinerary/receipt in an airport lounge unattended or visible in my hotel room or office. It's an easy precaution to take.
OTOH, I remember staying at the same hotel as some top executives during the NW/DL merger and I was shocked to find that employees were very careless about information left behind in the business center: financial spreadsheets and merger plans left in the printer (maybe these were just drafts, but such documents shouldn't be public), email accounts, and flight PNRs. It would have been so easy to change the CEO's seat assignment (or worse) but I didn't. Maybe they believed that their group had taken over the entire hotel, but even so, during a merger, some employees are likely to be disgruntled.
OTOH, I remember staying at the same hotel as some top executives during the NW/DL merger and I was shocked to find that employees were very careless about information left behind in the business center: financial spreadsheets and merger plans left in the printer (maybe these were just drafts, but such documents shouldn't be public), email accounts, and flight PNRs. It would have been so easy to change the CEO's seat assignment (or worse) but I didn't. Maybe they believed that their group had taken over the entire hotel, but even so, during a merger, some employees are likely to be disgruntled.
May 3, 2019, 11:37 pm
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I think I recall someone found Paris Hilton's boarding pass in a seat pocket.
Update I was right. Paris Hilton's boarding pass on Trade Me | Stuff.co.nz
Update I was right. Paris Hilton's boarding pass on Trade Me | Stuff.co.nz
May 4, 2019, 12:27 am
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I read about a passport being left as well. Not sure I really believe it. That would take a special kind of cluelessness.
And then, there was the news report about a federal agent leaving a gun in an airport lavatory! I used to be a LEO and simply cannot understand that at all.
And then, there was the news report about a federal agent leaving a gun in an airport lavatory! I used to be a LEO and simply cannot understand that at all.
May 4, 2019, 6:10 am
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I found a BP for Peter Coors in the seatback pocket years ago, he was flying DEN-LAX in F on UA.
It's true that your BP contains all the information necessary for someone to change your seat or even cancel your ticket. Since there is little to no incentive for them to do so, I don't think it is a big risk, but definitely better to keep your BP close-at-hand.
It's true that your BP contains all the information necessary for someone to change your seat or even cancel your ticket. Since there is little to no incentive for them to do so, I don't think it is a big risk, but definitely better to keep your BP close-at-hand.
May 4, 2019, 6:21 am
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I do always wonder how many people who have a largish following on social media find out that their return leg of a trip has been cancelled after posting their boarding passes as part of their selfies/stories
May 4, 2019, 6:29 am
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People are lazy and it can have terrible consequences. Documents of any kind go back in a wallet, purse or something else similar. People routinely leave BP's, passports, and sensitive work-related documents.
No excuse for it and it winds up costing everyone else as well.
No excuse for it and it winds up costing everyone else as well.
May 4, 2019, 6:34 am
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May 4, 2019, 10:11 am
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May 6, 2019, 12:56 pm
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Unless you drop your phone and break it, or lose it, or it gets stolen, or battery runs out, etc. LOL!
I always get a paper copy after my phone fell out of the cab and got run over (ouch).
However, I make sure to keep my paper copies as well until I get home and then into the shredder they go.
I always get a paper copy after my phone fell out of the cab and got run over (ouch).
However, I make sure to keep my paper copies as well until I get home and then into the shredder they go.
May 6, 2019, 1:10 pm
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Unless you drop your phone and break it, or lose it, or it gets stolen, or battery runs out, etc. LOL!
I always get a paper copy after my phone fell out of the cab and got run over (ouch).
However, I make sure to keep my paper copies as well until I get home and then into the shredder they go.
I always get a paper copy after my phone fell out of the cab and got run over (ouch).
However, I make sure to keep my paper copies as well until I get home and then into the shredder they go.
If I am clumsy enough to break both phone, discharge my ipad and my watch is stolen, I guess I could be in trouble and probably don't even deserve to fly.
Sarcasm aside
In this day and age, most everyone is 100000 times more likely to leave their wallet than their cell device, I would still rather "Chance it" than leave my boarding pass laying around.
That said, if doo doo happens, you can always have one printed, I just make than plan B