TSA and signing mobile boarding passes [duplicate]
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If you go through security at the airport with a paper boarding pass, the TSA will look at your ID and then sign the pass with a pen, but if you use a mobile boarding pass, there is nothing for them to sign (At least as I understand it. Maybe I'm wrong.) Why is the signing necessary in the one case and not the other? Where is the security compensated for in the mobile case? Or what purpose does signing the paper pass serve?
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If you go through security at the airport with a paper boarding pass, the TSA will look at your ID and then sign the pass with a pen, but if you use a mobile boarding pass, there is nothing for them to sign (At least as I understand it. Maybe I'm wrong.) Why is the signing necessary in the one case and not the other? Where is the security compensated for in the mobile case? Or what purpose does signing the paper pass serve?
tickets airport-security tsa
edited Jun 27 '17 at 1:19
Nate Eldredge
20.7k676101
asked Jun 27 '17 at 1:08
Jeh
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marked as duplicate by Nate Eldredge, Giorgio, CGCampbell, Ali Awan, JonathanReez♦ Jun 28 '17 at 11:16
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The flaw in your question is that you assume that everything TSA does must have a useful or necessary purpose. There are many things they do that are quite useless.
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Jun 27 '17 at 2:09
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“NG NS” on ticket after airport security
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If you go through security at the airport with a paper boarding pass, the TSA will look at your ID and then sign the pass with a pen, but if you use a mobile boarding pass, there is nothing for them to sign (At least as I understand it. Maybe I'm wrong.) Why is the signing necessary in the one case and not the other? Where is the security compensated for in the mobile case? Or what purpose does signing the paper pass serve?
tickets airport-security tsa
edited Jun 27 '17 at 1:19
Nate Eldredge
20.7k676101
asked Jun 27 '17 at 1:08
Jeh
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This question already has an answer here:
“NG NS” on ticket after airport security
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If you go through security at the airport with a paper boarding pass, the TSA will look at your ID and then sign the pass with a pen, but if you use a mobile boarding pass, there is nothing for them to sign (At least as I understand it. Maybe I'm wrong.) Why is the signing necessary in the one case and not the other? Where is the security compensated for in the mobile case? Or what purpose does signing the paper pass serve?
This question already has an answer here:
“NG NS” on ticket after airport security
1 answer
tickets airport-security tsa
tickets airport-security tsa
edited Jun 27 '17 at 1:19
Nate Eldredge
20.7k676101
asked Jun 27 '17 at 1:08
Jeh
1283
edited Jun 27 '17 at 1:19
Nate Eldredge
20.7k676101
asked Jun 27 '17 at 1:08
Jeh
1283
edited Jun 27 '17 at 1:19
Nate Eldredge
20.7k676101
edited Jun 27 '17 at 1:19
Nate Eldredge
20.7k676101
edited Jun 27 '17 at 1:19
Nate Eldredge
20.7k676101
20.7k676101
asked Jun 27 '17 at 1:08
Jeh
1283
asked Jun 27 '17 at 1:08
Jeh
1283
asked Jun 27 '17 at 1:08
Jeh
1283
1283
marked as duplicate by Nate Eldredge, Giorgio, CGCampbell, Ali Awan, JonathanReez♦ Jun 28 '17 at 11:16
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marked as duplicate by Nate Eldredge, Giorgio, CGCampbell, Ali Awan, JonathanReez♦ Jun 28 '17 at 11:16
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7
The flaw in your question is that you assume that everything TSA does must have a useful or necessary purpose. There are many things they do that are quite useless.
– Zach Lipton
Jun 27 '17 at 2:09
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7
The flaw in your question is that you assume that everything TSA does must have a useful or necessary purpose. There are many things they do that are quite useless.
– Zach Lipton
Jun 27 '17 at 2:09
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The flaw in your question is that you assume that everything TSA does must have a useful or necessary purpose. There are many things they do that are quite useless.
– Zach Lipton
Jun 27 '17 at 2:09
The flaw in your question is that you assume that everything TSA does must have a useful or necessary purpose. There are many things they do that are quite useless.
– Zach Lipton
Jun 27 '17 at 2:09
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According to this article, the TSA officer signs your printed boarding pass so that if questioned, TSA knows who checked you through.
...depending on the airport and the management at the airport, there
may also be further information, such as the number of the checkpoint.
The article also states that some TSA officers purposely make the marking illegible just in case they let someone through who needed additional screening, management wouldn't be able to trace it back to that officer. The article essentially states that this process is silly because it can't be done with mobile or digital boarding passes.
...It’s all weird, since they let phone boarding passes through with
no marks...
answered Jun 27 '17 at 3:00
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According to this article, the TSA officer signs your printed boarding pass so that if questioned, TSA knows who checked you through.
...depending on the airport and the management at the airport, there
may also be further information, such as the number of the checkpoint.
The article also states that some TSA officers purposely make the marking illegible just in case they let someone through who needed additional screening, management wouldn't be able to trace it back to that officer. The article essentially states that this process is silly because it can't be done with mobile or digital boarding passes.
...It’s all weird, since they let phone boarding passes through with
no marks...
answered Jun 27 '17 at 3:00
Michael
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According to this article, the TSA officer signs your printed boarding pass so that if questioned, TSA knows who checked you through.
...depending on the airport and the management at the airport, there
may also be further information, such as the number of the checkpoint.
The article also states that some TSA officers purposely make the marking illegible just in case they let someone through who needed additional screening, management wouldn't be able to trace it back to that officer. The article essentially states that this process is silly because it can't be done with mobile or digital boarding passes.
...It’s all weird, since they let phone boarding passes through with
no marks...
answered Jun 27 '17 at 3:00
Michael
4,09311035
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up vote
5
down vote
accepted
According to this article, the TSA officer signs your printed boarding pass so that if questioned, TSA knows who checked you through.
...depending on the airport and the management at the airport, there
may also be further information, such as the number of the checkpoint.
The article also states that some TSA officers purposely make the marking illegible just in case they let someone through who needed additional screening, management wouldn't be able to trace it back to that officer. The article essentially states that this process is silly because it can't be done with mobile or digital boarding passes.
...It’s all weird, since they let phone boarding passes through with
no marks...
answered Jun 27 '17 at 3:00
Michael
4,09311035
According to this article, the TSA officer signs your printed boarding pass so that if questioned, TSA knows who checked you through.
...depending on the airport and the management at the airport, there
may also be further information, such as the number of the checkpoint.
The article also states that some TSA officers purposely make the marking illegible just in case they let someone through who needed additional screening, management wouldn't be able to trace it back to that officer. The article essentially states that this process is silly because it can't be done with mobile or digital boarding passes.
...It’s all weird, since they let phone boarding passes through with
no marks...
answered Jun 27 '17 at 3:00
Michael
4,09311035
answered Jun 27 '17 at 3:00
Michael
4,09311035
answered Jun 27 '17 at 3:00
Michael
4,09311035
answered Jun 27 '17 at 3:00
Michael
4,09311035
4,09311035
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The flaw in your question is that you assume that everything TSA does must have a useful or necessary purpose. There are many things they do that are quite useless.
– Zach Lipton
Jun 27 '17 at 2:09