Comments on: Forged boarding passes: Fraud, yes, but where is the security threat? http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/28/forged-boarding-passes-fraud-yes-but-where-is-the-security-threat/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:21:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Carrie http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/28/forged-boarding-passes-fraud-yes-but-where-is-the-security-threat/#comment-38192 Carrie Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:44:58 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=384#comment-38192 why not just ask for a gate pass? then you don't have to think ahead either. why not just ask for a gate pass? then you don’t have to think ahead either.

]]> By: Upgrades & Downgrades: Karaoke with benefits, disembodied heads, boarding passes, more | Upgrade: Travel Better http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/28/forged-boarding-passes-fraud-yes-but-where-is-the-security-threat/#comment-37271 Upgrades & Downgrades: Karaoke with benefits, disembodied heads, boarding passes, more | Upgrade: Travel Better Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:27:38 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=384#comment-37271 [...] boarding pass before… I had even published a copy of that boarding pass on this very site, here. Compare the pictures: Exhibit A. Exhibit B. I particularly enjoy the irony that a controversial [...] [...] boarding pass before… I had even published a copy of that boarding pass on this very site, here. Compare the pictures: Exhibit A. Exhibit B. I particularly enjoy the irony that a controversial [...]

]]> By: Shmaya http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/28/forged-boarding-passes-fraud-yes-but-where-is-the-security-threat/#comment-33614 Shmaya Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:06:57 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=384#comment-33614 This would be great for certain flights that they make you crazy about having a return ticket. My friend (A US citizen) was flying from Argentina to NY and they made him crazy about a return ticket, not caring that he was a US citizen. Wanting to catch the flight and instead of trying to explain the situation to them, he just bought a full fare Fully refundable ticket and just canceled it after that. This would be great for certain flights that they make you crazy about having a return ticket.

My friend (A US citizen) was flying from Argentina to NY and they made him crazy about a return ticket, not caring that he was a US citizen. Wanting to catch the flight and instead of trying to explain the situation to them, he just bought a full fare Fully refundable ticket and just canceled it after that.

]]> By: How to get through airport security without a boarding pass | Upgrade: Travel Better http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/28/forged-boarding-passes-fraud-yes-but-where-is-the-security-threat/#comment-33133 How to get through airport security without a boarding pass | Upgrade: Travel Better Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:19:03 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=384#comment-33133 [...] Richard, you asked about the legal options. So I know you’re not interested in illegal methods, like printing your own forged boarding passes. Phony passes won’t work to get you onto a plane, but they might get you through the security checkpoint. They could also get you a visit from the FBI, since they violate the U.S. code, title 18, part 1, chapter 47, § 1036. Needless to say, NOT RECOMMENDED unless you want to go to jail. But it’s been done… [...] [...] Richard, you asked about the legal options. So I know you’re not interested in illegal methods, like printing your own forged boarding passes. Phony passes won’t work to get you onto a plane, but they might get you through the security checkpoint. They could also get you a visit from the FBI, since they violate the U.S. code, title 18, part 1, chapter 47, § 1036. Needless to say, NOT RECOMMENDED unless you want to go to jail. But it’s been done… [...]

]]> By: Baraka http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/28/forged-boarding-passes-fraud-yes-but-where-is-the-security-threat/#comment-14932 Baraka Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:07:27 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=384#comment-14932 Last summer's deplaning of "suspicious" language-speaking, - acting (usually praying) or -looking people (mostly Muslims or Arabs but one Hasidic Jew too) seems to indicate that confidence in the security checks is fairly low. Last summer’s deplaning of “suspicious” language-speaking, – acting (usually praying) or -looking people (mostly Muslims or Arabs but one Hasidic Jew too) seems to indicate that confidence in the security checks is fairly low.

]]> By: The false promise of electronic ticketing » Upgrade: Travel Better http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/28/forged-boarding-passes-fraud-yes-but-where-is-the-security-threat/#comment-14853 The false promise of electronic ticketing » Upgrade: Travel Better Mon, 28 May 2007 03:16:39 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=384#comment-14853 [...] After 9/11, it was no longer possible to go through security without a paper boarding pass. Mind you, the real security benefit of this requirement is highly questionable. Sure, it means that fewer people actually pass through security, but having a slip of paper with your name on it really doesn’t make you any more or less of a threat. (See, for example, the hoopla surrounding the fake boarding pass generator.) [...] [...] After 9/11, it was no longer possible to go through security without a paper boarding pass. Mind you, the real security benefit of this requirement is highly questionable. Sure, it means that fewer people actually pass through security, but having a slip of paper with your name on it really doesn’t make you any more or less of a threat. (See, for example, the hoopla surrounding the fake boarding pass generator.) [...]

]]> By: Upgrades and Downgrades — December 2, 2006 » Upgrade: Travel Better http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/28/forged-boarding-passes-fraud-yes-but-where-is-the-security-threat/#comment-11716 Upgrades and Downgrades — December 2, 2006 » Upgrade: Travel Better Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:03:10 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=384#comment-11716 [...] Fake boarding pass guy’s freedom The Indiana University graduate student who posted a fake boarding pass generator for Northwest Airlines (to prove a point about how easy it is to create such a pass, and how the [...] [...] Fake boarding pass guy’s freedom The Indiana University graduate student who posted a fake boarding pass generator for Northwest Airlines (to prove a point about how easy it is to create such a pass, and how the [...]

]]> By: morganusvitus http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/28/forged-boarding-passes-fraud-yes-but-where-is-the-security-threat/#comment-11713 morganusvitus Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:10:18 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=384#comment-11713 The site looks great ! Thanks for all your help ( past, present and future !) The site looks great ! Thanks for all your help ( past, present and future !)

]]> By: Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Barcodes? We don’t need no stinkin’ barcodes. http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/28/forged-boarding-passes-fraud-yes-but-where-is-the-security-threat/#comment-504 Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Barcodes? We don’t need no stinkin’ barcodes. Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:13:44 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=384#comment-504 [...] I don’t fly US Airways much, so I honestly thought there must be some kind of error, and that the TSA or the airline would give me a hard time. I even asked a US Airways employee if the boarding pass looked okay, because it seemed so… half-assed. The image quality was crap, the print was tiny, and there was no barcode. Security? Ha! Anyone could forge this thing, even without Christopher Soghoian’s fake boarding pass generator. But she said it was fine, and she gave me one of those “is this guy nuts” looks. Good enough! [...] [...] I don’t fly US Airways much, so I honestly thought there must be some kind of error, and that the TSA or the airline would give me a hard time. I even asked a US Airways employee if the boarding pass looked okay, because it seemed so… half-assed. The image quality was crap, the print was tiny, and there was no barcode. Security? Ha! Anyone could forge this thing, even without Christopher Soghoian’s fake boarding pass generator. But she said it was fine, and she gave me one of those “is this guy nuts” looks. Good enough! [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/28/forged-boarding-passes-fraud-yes-but-where-is-the-security-threat/#comment-300 Anonymous Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:15:00 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=384#comment-300 Excellent article on forged boarding passes. I wasn't aware that this phenomena was actually taking place so regularly. Jon (<a HREF="http://www.sealeytravel.com" rel="nofollow">www.sealeytravel.com</A>) Excellent article on forged boarding passes. I wasn’t aware that this phenomena was actually taking place so regularly.

Jon (http://www.sealeytravel.com)

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