Why do airlines always have to deface boarding passes?
Why do airlines always have to deface boarding passes?
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Re: Why do airlines always have to deface boarding passes?
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Originally Posted by v8Statesman
The boarding pass is just a piece of paper/cardboard that allows you onto the plane. Why do people care what the staff do with it?
To some people it is a little more than just a piece of paper. It is something to look back on many years from now, if the ink lasts that long, as a reminder of past trips. I also have airline itineraries & tickets, bus tickets, train tickets, shop receipts, phone cards etc from previous trips. Always brings a smile to my face and wonderful memories when I look through the scattered collection.
Is a stamp, football cards, baseball cards etc more important than a boarding pass? Some people pay a lot of money for them as you would an airline ticket. You want to have them in the best condition possible. Not defaced....
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Re: Why do airlines always have to deface boarding passes?
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Originally Posted by QF009
It's like some automatic reflex action.
The OP assumes it's for his benefit. I actually think it's a checklist that the staff are trained to do, and the circling is the reminder that they've done it. Same thing applies with credit card transactions at places like JB.
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Re: Why do airlines always have to deface boarding passes?
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Originally Posted by Mr_Gimlet
The OP assumes it's for his benefit. I actually think it's a checklist that the staff are trained to do, and the circling is the reminder that they've done it. Same thing applies with credit card transactions at places like JB.
I agree this the main reason for it. This way they (and any other airline staff) know that the right checks and information transfer has happened at check-in.
Re: Why do airlines always have to deface boarding passes?
Got three circles on the boarding pass when checking in at BNE yesterday evening. Just as well otherwise I may not have not known where to go for my 45 minute delayed flight....
Re: Why do airlines always have to deface boarding passes?
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Originally Posted by JohnK
Recently some QF checkin staff have been circling on my boarding pass, in pen, the seat number, the gate and boarding time. I prefer they did not write on my boarding pass but other than telling them not to do it there is not much you do about it.
On my last one they only circled the bit that says ETKT.
Having said that my cardboard boarding pass was defaced by a large bar code in the middle!
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Re: Why do airlines always have to deface boarding passes?
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Originally Posted by JohnK
Is a stamp, football cards, baseball cards etc more important than a boarding pass? Some people pay a lot of money for them as you would an airline ticket. You want to have them in the best condition possible. Not defaced....
But all the circles etc. prove that it is a used boarding pass, (much like a mark on a stamp indicates it was used). Mint unused boarding passes are not much good!
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