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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Travelers scan their own boarding pass, and the entry gates automatically open, without ever communicating with a live agent.
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Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2025
This incident follows a similar case weeks earlier when a Russian national, Svetlana Dali, 57, boarded a Delta flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass or passport during the busy Thanksgiving travel period.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
At that gate, Owens walked onto the jet bridge without scanning his boarding pass, prompting airline personnel to remove him from the jet bridge, according to the statement.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
There have been multiple recent reports of people being discovered stowed away in airplane wheel wells, and others who somehow bypassed boarding pass scans and made it into the passenger cabin without valid tickets.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2025
This incident follows a similar case weeks earlier when a Russian national, Svetlana Dali, 57, boarded a Delta flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass or passport during the busy Thanksgiving travel period.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
At that gate, Owens walked onto the jet bridge without scanning his boarding pass, prompting airline personnel to remove him from the jet bridge, according to the statement.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
There have been multiple recent reports of people being discovered stowed away in airplane wheel wells, and others who somehow bypassed boarding pass scans and made it into the passenger cabin without valid tickets.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for boarding pass
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“Boarding pass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boarding%20pass. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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