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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After seventeen minutes, the supervisor stamped my boarding pass four times in red.
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Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2024
To keep the line moving fast, have your ID and boarding pass accessible; slip your shoes off and remove any large electronics (like a laptop) from your bag; and don’t have liquids bigger than 3.4 ounces in your carry-on and make sure your liquids are in a separate 1-quart-sized resealable bag.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
Through a secure internet connection to TSA’s Secure Flight system, the units are also able to verify that you are ticketed for air travel that day, so there’s no need to show a boarding pass to the TSA officer.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
One flier in the Indian city of Hyderabad posted a picture of a curiosity usually unseen in the modern digital age: a handwritten boarding pass.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 19 July 2024
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Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2024
To keep the line moving fast, have your ID and boarding pass accessible; slip your shoes off and remove any large electronics (like a laptop) from your bag; and don’t have liquids bigger than 3.4 ounces in your carry-on and make sure your liquids are in a separate 1-quart-sized resealable bag.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
Through a secure internet connection to TSA’s Secure Flight system, the units are also able to verify that you are ticketed for air travel that day, so there’s no need to show a boarding pass to the TSA officer.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
One flier in the Indian city of Hyderabad posted a picture of a curiosity usually unseen in the modern digital age: a handwritten boarding pass.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 19 July 2024
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“Boarding pass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boarding%20pass. Accessed 27 Sep. 2024.
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