boarding pass
noun
US
: a special piece of paper that one must have in order to be allowed to get onto an airplane
Please present your boarding pass to the flight attendant.
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Despite having received an notification, about 35 minutes before departure, the OP noticed their boarding pass had disappeared from the app.
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Darlin Tillery, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Travelers who don’t want to wait until the summer can fly to Alaska now for epic ski turns and access free same-day lift tickets with their boarding pass, including at Arctic Valley Ski Area near Anchorage and at Eaglecrest Ski Area near Juneau.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2025
The passenger, whose name has not been released, had made it through TSA screening and onto the plane without presenting a boarding pass at the gate.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Additionally, Delta said the investigation is ongoing, but preliminary findings suggest the passenger boarded the plane without showing a boarding pass at the gate.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Darlin Tillery, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Travelers who don’t want to wait until the summer can fly to Alaska now for epic ski turns and access free same-day lift tickets with their boarding pass, including at Arctic Valley Ski Area near Anchorage and at Eaglecrest Ski Area near Juneau.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2025
The passenger, whose name has not been released, had made it through TSA screening and onto the plane without presenting a boarding pass at the gate.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Additionally, Delta said the investigation is ongoing, but preliminary findings suggest the passenger boarded the plane without showing a boarding pass at the gate.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Boarding pass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boarding%20pass. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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