Timeline for Why do airlines ask for passport during boarding and not any other document?
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| Jul 17, 2018 at 3:05 | comment | added | bogardpd | I’ve also seen random TSA ID checks at the gate while boarding a plane in the US (several TSA officers would show up at a gate and check that IDs matched boarding passes as people boarded) but it’s rare – it’s happened to me maybe twice on the 700+ flights I’ve taken since the TSA’s been around, and I haven’t had it happen in a few years. | |
| Jul 12, 2018 at 15:02 | comment | added | Davidmh | @PeterA.Schneider it depends on the country. Speaking from memory, in Spain I have almost always been checked; in Germany, often; in Sweden or Netherlands, rarely.. | |
| Jul 12, 2018 at 14:36 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | Re "an airline knows if the boarding pass associated with the luggage has boarded or not": Yes, but they don't know whether it's that person, apparently. | |
| Jul 12, 2018 at 14:25 | comment | added | Lassi Uosukainen | @PeterA.Schneider In practice it can be done, but it violates the conditions of carriage. You can also never know beforehand if travel documents are checked at the gate, sometimes carriers do it but often they don't. Regarding luggage an airline knows if the boarding pass associated with the luggage has boarded or not. | |
| Jul 12, 2018 at 14:16 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | So you mean I could buy a ticket and give it to somebody else? Like, they would not have a passenger manifest? When the plane crashes, they don't know who was on board? They don't know whether all checked luggage's owners are on board? | |
| Jul 12, 2018 at 14:14 | comment | added | Aganju | @PeterA.Schneider , aside from TSA, entering a domestic flight in the US does not require ID. You could buy multiple tickets, and use one to go through TSA security, and then board another flight; that is legal and no issue. | |
| Jul 12, 2018 at 14:13 | vote | accept | Dmitry Zinkevich | ||
| Jul 12, 2018 at 14:07 | comment | added | Lassi Uosukainen | @PeterA.Schneider In Europe it is extremely common. I've flown dozens of flights in Europe without having to prove my identity at the gate. | |
| Jul 12, 2018 at 14:00 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | I'd be amazed if I could board any commercial passenger plane without proving my identity. | |
| Jul 12, 2018 at 9:25 | history | answered | Lassi Uosukainen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |