boarding pass
noun
US
: a special piece of paper that one must have in order to be allowed to get onto an airplane
Please present your boarding pass to the flight attendant.
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Essentially everything a bad actor would need to alter your reservation is printed on a boarding pass.
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Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Related article ‘Not much went right’: How a stowaway avoided identity and boarding pass checks on a flight from New York to Paris
Crew members did not alert passengers to the stowaway in their midst until the flight landed in the French capital, Jackson said.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Travelers scan their own boarding pass, and the entry gates automatically open, without ever communicating with a live agent.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2025
This incident follows a similar case weeks earlier when a Russian national, Svetlana Dali, 57, boarded a Delta flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass or passport during the busy Thanksgiving travel period.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
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Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Related article ‘Not much went right’: How a stowaway avoided identity and boarding pass checks on a flight from New York to Paris
Crew members did not alert passengers to the stowaway in their midst until the flight landed in the French capital, Jackson said.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Travelers scan their own boarding pass, and the entry gates automatically open, without ever communicating with a live agent.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2025
This incident follows a similar case weeks earlier when a Russian national, Svetlana Dali, 57, boarded a Delta flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass or passport during the busy Thanksgiving travel period.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for boarding pass
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“Boarding pass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boarding%20pass. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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