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Callalily

(15,190 posts) Fri Aug 8, 2025, 06:54 AM Aug 8

Why Travel Experts Say You Should Never Throw Away Your Boarding Pass

Typically I wait until I'm at my destination before I toss my boarding pass.

Another tip: don't toss out the baggage tags you get when checking bags until your arrive at your destination and retrieved your bags. In the past, I just stuff them in my purse, but I'll be a little more careful next time. My bags got delayed and I had to rummage through my purse to fine the bar coded tags. Luckily I hasn't tossed them.

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Why Travel Experts Say You Should Never Throw Away Your Boarding Pass (Original Post) Callalily Aug 8 OP

I'm not going to throw away my phone. gab13by13 Aug 8 #1

Don't throw away the hard copy of your boarding pass. Irish_Dem Aug 8 #2

Like a lot of us, I have enough experiences mwmisses4289 Aug 8 #3

I was trying to get my frquent flier mikes logged for a past trip..couldnt convince agent that i flew round trip Demovictory9 Aug 8 #4

Never? MichMan Aug 8 #5

gab13by13

(29,498 posts)

1. I'm not going to throw away my phone.

Reply to Callalily (Original post)

Fri Aug 8, 2025, 07:36 AM

Aug 8

Irish_Dem

(73,429 posts)

2. Don't throw away the hard copy of your boarding pass.

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 8, 2025, 07:41 AM

Aug 8

Phones are being confiscated.

mwmisses4289

(1,941 posts)

3. Like a lot of us, I have enough experiences

Reply to Callalily (Original post)

Fri Aug 8, 2025, 08:33 AM

Aug 8

with the glitches of technology that for things I consider important I always make hard copies. For a recent trip, I printed copies of boarding passes and other paperwork that went in my carryon. I kept them until after I was home.

Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)

4. I was trying to get my frquent flier mikes logged for a past trip..couldnt convince agent that i flew round trip

Reply to Callalily (Original post)

Fri Aug 8, 2025, 08:54 AM

Aug 8

I hadn't logged in and registered the trip before I flew

No problem, I would do it after, as I've done before

Phone agent found my flight to the destination and gave me those miles

Said he couldn't find me in system for trip home. 🤪

MichMan

(15,773 posts)

5. Never?

Reply to Callalily (Original post)

Fri Aug 8, 2025, 09:48 AM

Aug 8

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