boarding pass

Most boarding passes look like a jumble of letters, numbers, barcodes, and airport codes that nobody pays much attention to. And that’s exactly why problems happen. A tiny mistake on …

Most travelers worry about missing a flight. Few worry about an airline mistakenly deciding they missed a flight they actually took. But that’s exactly what happened to one passenger, who …

Most people think they know exactly what they need to bring to the airport. An ID. A boarding pass. Maybe a passport. But there’s one item that occasionally catches travelers …

Taking a few quick photos when you fly might not seem important—until you actually need them. “Pictures, or it didn’t happen.” In this day and age, it’s easy to take …

A small typo on a plane ticket doesn’t seem like a big deal—until it suddenly costs thousands of dollars. Some airline rules are important for obvious reasons, such as not …

If your TSA PreCheck status didn’t appear on your boarding pass, there are a few common reasons—and in some cases, a quick fix before you fly. Having TSA PreCheck can …

As the TSA adds more and more Credential Authentication Technology (CAT) units to the country’s airports, it means fewer and fewer people have to show their boarding passes to TSA …

It’s the type of travel that nightmares are made out of. You think you have everything all planned out so nothing will go wrong. And then karma— or, as in …

There are 4 letters no one wants to see on their boarding pass: SSSS. If you use your search engine of choice (I don’t recommend Google; Google is broken) to …

As stressful as flying is, the events leading up to flying can be just as bad. You’re packed into an airport with a bunch of people who have no idea …