The video captured a group of passengers waiting to board a flight. Waiting near the boarding desk, an older woman walked towards the airport tannoy phone. The person filming then said: “Such a chief,” as the woman, clad in a pink floral top, picked up the phone. What she did next shocked many online. The […]
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Flight secrets: Your boarding pass could be highly dangerous for this reason
A boarding pass helps you know what time your flight departs, what seat you’re in, your boarding time, and other key travel information. However, there’s much more hiding on that piece of paper than you realise – and a security expert has revealed why you should be careful about who has access to it. GCHQ […]
Google Pay gets boarding passes, ability to send money to contacts
Enlarge / Send money to friends with the say app you pay for stuff with. (credit: Google) Google is cleaning up its Google Pay mobile payments app this week. Google Pay (which was formerly Android Pay, which was formerly Google Wallet) is getting rolled up into a single app, and it’s getting boarding pass support. First, […]
Google Pay gains support for event tickets and boarding passes
Google has unveiled some new Google Pay tools and features, including support for both event tickets and boarding passes. Until now, Google Pay only worked with loyalty cards and offers. The announcements were made at Google’s annual I/O developer conference in Mountain View, California. Google announced in January that it was combining Andro…Read More
Boarding passes could be hiding this money-saving secret – leaving passengers oblivious
Boarding passes are often used by passengers to simply board their plane before the paper tickets are discarded. Some choose to look at the numbers and codes on the tickets with some hiding secret meanings. Anyone with the code SSSS on their pass may find themselves getting additional checks, it was recently revealed. That isn’t […]
Flight secrets: This easy boarding pass mistake could see you BANNED from flying
Booking flights can be a stressful process when it comes to inputting bank details and checking the details are correct. This is amplified when adding passport details such as numbers and names. One young woman found out the hard way what happens when making an easy yet small mistake. Ashley Collins was travelling from Ontario […]
British Airways reportedly banned a man named Nicholas from a flight to Bali because his boarding pass said Nick — then wouldn’t let him book another ticket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ba_a321-200_g-euxf_takeoff_at_manchester_arp.jpg A 53-year-old man named Nicholas says he wasn’t allowed to travel on a British Airways flight because his wife put the name ‘Nick’ on the booking. Nick Meads says the airline claimed the names were ‘completely different.’ His wife, Charlotte, was forced to travel alone, while Nick booked a ticket on another airline. He […]
British Airways expands its biometric boarding gate trials in the US
British Airways is expanding its biometric boarding gate tests in the US. Last November, it began testing self-service boarding gates in Los Angeles Airport that don’t require customers to produce either their boarding pass or their passport. Instead, passengers only need to look into a camera, wait for their biometric data to be checked against […]
REVEALED: What this secret code on your boarding pass REALLY means
Boarding passes have many numbers and codes on them that can confuse passengers. With flight details often hidden within them, it is advised that travellers shouldn’t post pictures of their boarding pass online in case they are used in scamming techniques. Just the name and flight number can be used by nefarious online users to […]
Southwest Raised Upgraded Boarding Fees — But Won’t Say Where
Southwest Raises Upgraded Boarding Fees, Won’t Say Where Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not include […]