Thread: ID at check-in
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Old October 3rd, 2008, 05:14 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Default ID at check-in




On 10/2/08 9:06 PM, in article
, "AZ Nomad"
wrote:

On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:50:58 -0400, pltrgyst
wrote:

I've never had an airline copy information from my driver's license, or ask
for
it when selling me a ticket or issuing a boarding pass. And that includes
United
and Southwest among them.


Checking ID before issueing a boarding pass is universal.
That includes all the airlines.


That is true, but they just look at it. They don't record it nor should
they. A passport is used to identify someone. Not even immigration officers
record it when you enter a country. They look at it and stamp it. Period.
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