Anybody know of twins abusing FF program
Apr 30, 2006 | 11:13 pm
#31
Join Date: May 2005
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Originally Posted by Lindisfarne
Siblings who look enough like each other could simply use each other's ID's (the TSA or some other agency might cause problems if you're caught, though). I don't look really close to my sister, but drivers license pictures are so crummy - someone dyes their hair, gets a different hair cut, and adds glasses, and they look less like their own drivers license picture than I do to my sister's picture.
...now I'm (usually) clean shaven, I wear glasses, and my hair is a bit lighter as a result of going to the beach regularly.
Needless to say, it doesn't make it fun trying to get into a club.
"This is a fake ID"
No it isn't.
"This isn't you"
Yes it is
"What's your birthday"
15 Dec XXXX
"I still don't believe you"
Get your manager out.. grrr
May 1, 2006 | 12:13 am
#32
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 345
Originally Posted by mkt
In my license picture, I'm not wearing glasses, I have a full beard, and my hair is darker than it is now...
...now I'm (usually) clean shaven, I wear glasses, and my hair is a bit lighter as a result of going to the beach regularly.
Needless to say, it doesn't make it fun trying to get into a club.
"This is a fake ID"
No it isn't.
"This isn't you"
Yes it is
"What's your birthday"
15 Dec XXXX
"I still don't believe you"
Get your manager out.. grrr
...now I'm (usually) clean shaven, I wear glasses, and my hair is a bit lighter as a result of going to the beach regularly.
Needless to say, it doesn't make it fun trying to get into a club.
"This is a fake ID"
No it isn't.
"This isn't you"
Yes it is
"What's your birthday"
15 Dec XXXX
"I still don't believe you"
Get your manager out.. grrr
You could get a new license (and consider yourself lucky to appear young enough to still get carded!)
See this article for how easy it is to doctor that boarding pass you print out at home (airline employees rarely check the name on that boarding pass against the name in the computer)
http://www.csoonline.com/read/020106/caveat021706.html
May 1, 2006 | 5:30 am
#33
Join Date: Nov 1999
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I know of a family where a number of members used one FF account. I don't know exactly how they did it, but i believe the account had no names, just 2 initials, and both the father and at least 4 of their kids had first names beginining with either initial. They were top status in their FF program. I don't think this would still work but it was working up until at least 2000.
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May 4, 2006 | 3:21 pm
#34
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: San Jose, Ca, USA
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Posts: 121
Originally Posted by dukeman
I know a father and son with the same name that share FF numbers. As a result the are top tier on an airline. The only challenge is that they can never travel together. I'm actually surprised the airline never realized this since they often have trips to the same location a day apart or to different locations on the same day!
Aug 25, 2006 | 5:16 am
#37
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Originally Posted by Lindisfarne
Siblings who look enough like each other could simply use each other's ID's (the TSA or some other agency might cause problems if you're caught, though). I don't look really close to my sister, but drivers license pictures are so crummy - someone dyes their hair, gets a different hair cut, and adds glasses, and they look less like their own drivers license picture than I do to my sister's picture.
It's an intl flight btw.
Aug 25, 2006 | 8:55 am
#38
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SAN
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Totally OT, but fun nevertheless: A friend of mine is a dual American-Israeli citizen, living in the US but born in Tel Aviv. When he applied for his first adult US passport, they made a mistake: Instead of typing in the number code for Israel, they put in the code for the country right before: Ireland! He's been able to visit a number of Arab countries using that PP. Not sure I would chance it, but pretty cool nonetheless...
