ID at check-in

On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:03:10 -0500, AZ Nomad
wrote:

On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:32:22 -0400, Marsha wrote:
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.

No ID is required before issueing a boarding pass. I always print it at
home within 24 hours of my flight. Now if you're talking about getting
through security without ID and a boarding pass, that's another thing.

You don't think identification is checked over the web?
Anybody can just waltz onto the airline's site, say they're you and
print a boarding pass so they can take your place on the flight?

The name on the ID won't match the name on the boarding pass, then.

On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:03:10 -0500, AZ Nomad
wrote:

You don't think identification is checked over the web?

You're right. Your monitor is a big eye -- they can see your driver's license
while you're copying your name off of it. You know, so you can get the spelling
right.

Anybody can just waltz onto the airline's site, say they're you and
print a boarding pass so they can take your place on the flight?

Why, no they can't.

You're either an incredible dummy or a pathetic troll. In any event -- {plonk}.

-- Larry

In message
(Graz) was claimed to have wrote:

They know how many times you have entered, but not necessarily how
long you've stayed. Especially if you leave by a land border (where
the immigration check - if any - is on the other side).

Even if you leave the US by air it's not like anyone stamps or examines
your passport before leaving.

In message
(Graz) was claimed to have wrote:

On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:03:10 -0500, AZ Nomad
wrote:

On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:32:22 -0400, Marsha wrote:
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.

No ID is required before issueing a boarding pass. I always print it at
home within 24 hours of my flight. Now if you're talking about getting
through security without ID and a boarding pass, that's another thing.

You don't think identification is checked over the web?
Anybody can just waltz onto the airline's site, say they're you and
print a boarding pass so they can take your place on the flight?

The name on the ID won't match the name on the boarding pass, then.

Trivially bypassed. Print your boarding pass at home, then print a
second that looks the same, but replace the name with the actual
traveler.

When dealing with the airline, use the real one, when dealing with the
gov't, use the fake one.

The only way to fix this is to have the TSA compare the presented
identification to the airline's records (not the boarding pass or other
documentation presented by the flyer), or for the airline to check ID at
the gate.

While I've certainly seen some airlines checking at the gate, they
rarely also compare the name that shows up when they scan the boarding
pass against the name on your ID, at best they compare the names on the
boarding pass with that which is on the ID, all you have to do is stand
back (don't preboard, and if you're in the first group, make a point to
be at the end of the line) and watch what the gate staff is doing.

In message "James Silverton"
was claimed to have wrote:

Nile wrote on Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:42:42 -0500:

As an American traveling in America this seems outrageous.
Has anyone
else had a similar experience?

A hotel in Miami Beach once required that I fax them a copy of my
driver's license, when I telephoned to make a reservation. I stayed
elsewhere.

Seems a bit unusual but many places will want to you to give a credit
card number to guarantee the reservation.

That's a billing issue, rather then an identification issue, allowing
the hotel to bill you if you don't show up at all.

"Graz" wrote in message
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On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 11:40:34 -0500, "Jim Davis"
wrote:


"pltrgyst" wrote in message
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On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:06:23 -0500, 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.

Which has nothing at all to do with what I said.

My statement stands. I print my boarding passes at home via the
Internet.
When
asked for ID, I show my passport or passport ID, even for domestic
travel.
The
airlines don't scan or record any information from the ID proferred.

-- Larry

When I check in for an international flight online with CO, my passport
information is already there. I just click on it, and I'm finished.

I used to use my CC at the kiosk, until certain information came up one
day.

What kind of information?

My reservations are made on my Corporate Amex Card. I swiped my personal
Master Card at the counter. When an extra charge came up, it asked me if I
wanted to use the same CC. I chose yes. When my statement arrived at the
end of the month. The extra charge was on my Master Card. If it only took
my name when I swiped it, it couldn't have known that it was a different
card.

Some other interesting information;
http://tinyurl.com/4c36xx

"DevilsPGD" wrote in message
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In message
(Graz) was claimed to have wrote:

They know how many times you have entered, but not necessarily how
long you've stayed. Especially if you leave by a land border (where
the immigration check - if any - is on the other side).

Even if you leave the US by air it's not like anyone stamps or examines
your passport before leaving.

????? They examine mine. Every country I leave, stamps my Passport, except
Mexico. (and they stamp it occasionally.) I may have to have more pages
added before this one gets renewed.

On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:01:15 -0600, DevilsPGD
wrote:

In message
(Graz) was claimed to have wrote:

They know how many times you have entered, but not necessarily how
long you've stayed. Especially if you leave by a land border (where
the immigration check - if any - is on the other side).

Even if you leave the US by air it's not like anyone stamps or examines
your passport before leaving.


I've never had stamping under those circumstances, but *every* time
I've left the US by air, my passport was used as ID and examined at
the US airport.

--
Ken Blake
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On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:01:15 -0600, DevilsPGD
wrote:

In message
(Graz) was claimed to have wrote:

They know how many times you have entered, but not necessarily how
long you've stayed. Especially if you leave by a land border (where
the immigration check - if any - is on the other side).

Even if you leave the US by air it's not like anyone stamps or examines
your passport before leaving.


I've never had stamping under those circumstances, but *every* time
I've left the US by air, my passport was used as ID and examined at
the US airport.

yes. Come to think of it, at IAH, they always verify Passports at the gate
before you can board.

"Jim Davis" wrote in message
m...

"DevilsPGD" wrote in message
news
In message
(Graz) was claimed to have wrote:

They know how many times you have entered, but not necessarily how
long you've stayed. Especially if you leave by a land border (where
the immigration check - if any - is on the other side).

Even if you leave the US by air it's not like anyone stamps or examines
your passport before leaving.

????? They examine mine. Every country I leave, stamps my Passport,
except Mexico. (and they stamp it occasionally.) I may have to have more
pages added before this one gets renewed.


Ive NEVER had a single stamp when leaving a country!!! only when entering
and im on my second passport in 10 years!!