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Not a single person making a fuss about a "non-standard" boarding pass is something I wouldn't have guessed at all. Happiness all around :)

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Oh, for sure. I started reading this and kept waiting for the part where he gets tackled by TSA or something. Terr'ist boarding pass, can be used as a weapon, or something.

Faith in US travel restored by 1%.

This happened almost 4 years ago though. The TSA has gotten a lot more jaded and hated since then. I'd be curious how something like this would go down today.

I think the biggest factor of the "happiness" was the two airports he went through. I lived in Anchorage for six years and everyone at the airport is about as nice they can get. It is actually a pleasure to wait in the short TSA line. And of course the Twin Cities is the same way and I've had employees there go way out of their way to help. It is a lot bigger though so I can't say it is as much fun waiting in those big lines or finding the right terminal.

So... with that said, I think if he did it again today he would have the same result. If he tried at JFK we would probably read about his arrest in the paper tomorrow.

Wow, did not realize this was from 2007.

My first clue was "logged into nwa.com"

My wife printed half-size boarding passes to try and save some paper and we go SO much crap at every juncture.

Depends on the airport too. I wouldn't be surprised to see a pass like this accepted at CMX, but I would much rather keep my distance should someone try this at ORD.

British Airways still throw a hissy fit when ever you present them with an electronic version of the boarding pass.

Lufthansa for great justice.

Maybe depends on the airrport. For me, BA was always cool with boarding pass on the Kindle.

Heathrow T5. Everyone was accepted it up until the gate, at which point they demanded I had a paper copy, which they printed for me.

I'm not surprised. I've never been to Heathrow without having some kind of trouble (from missed flight, through lost luggage, to security having issue with my contact lenses solution).

Heathrow T1-4 of old maybe... Don't taint the whole airport with the same brush, T5 is an airport from the future my friend, been through there many, many times in the last 12 months and everything about it beats the best the US and Asia have to offer. I only argue because I've got out of their volcanic ash and snow be damned! If you want a bad experience, head to CDG, and see/smell how bad things can really be. Hell, they cancel flights just "because we can".

Haha, I hate T5 the most :/ Taking a train within the terminal, the longest security lines within Heathrow... no thanks. It sure looks purdy, but it's really hell to deal with. I don't even think it has mains sockets like the T3/T4 do.

I hate T5 so much. I was left waiting for my luggage for 3 hours once, which made me miss the last available connecting train.

I'm never flying BA again.

My French father-in-law who racks up hundreds of kilo-airmiles a year refuses to fly Air France because of CDG (he prefers Lufthansa).

So I guess you weren't fucked royally over christmas when one inch of snow brought T5 to a grinding halt? We received our luggage 5 weeks later and BA refused to reimburse all our costs (we lost a receipt for one train - presumably they think we walked and are going to pocket the cash...)

heathrow is seriously the worst airport i've ever been in, in terms of overall experience. and that includes some pretty dilapidated pre-renovation indian airports.

I'm flying from LHR T5 this week. Will try the BA Android app, which worked great flying from ARN earlier this year. The app displays a barcode they scan, so it's pretty much equivalent to using a PDF.

FWIW, everything went smoothly.

Sounds like the perfect front for a terrorist mission. Pretend to delight. Guard down, chaos ensues.

FBI, don't arrest me.

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