Remember to shred your boarding passes

[legroom]

Hello

This is something worth thinking about as on occasions we (moi included) tend to throw away the BPs thinking that it is "alright" to do so.

Apparently it is not !

From now on I would probably shred them once I am back home.

Your thoughts ?

Is that too paranoid a response ?

 

[exceladdict]

I'm a paranoid person in general so I tend to shred everything, but keep BPs for souveniers

I have, however, seen many people upload them to facebook as per that article. Even in row 50+, I guess the holiday excitement stimulates a humble brag that can't be ignored

Most BPs have FF number and Surname, so all you need is a good guess at the person's birthday and you'd be into their QFF account...

 

[chelzmalee]

I've never been one to post photos of said boarding pass online, mainly because I don't like people knowing I'm not at home. But it's interesting to note just how much information one can glean from them. Shredding it is!

 

[JohnK]

Never throw away boarding passes but some do get lost.

I'd like to think I am safe and my passwords are safe enough. Wish the Qantas website would send an email when there has been unsuccessful access to the account like some other websites do.

 

[Fiches Mouser]

I have an unhealthy and probably unsustainable habit of keeping every single boarding pass. It's getting out of hand, but at least they never end up in someone else's.

 

[Sdtravel]

I found someonesomeone else's boarding pass in a seat pocket last week. Guess they don't care. I do tend to hoard mine though and always try to ensure i get a proper one on a card not the flimsy paper by self checkin machines

 

[dodgeyhack]

I have an unhealthy and probably unsustainable habit of keeping every single boarding pass. It's getting out of hand, but at least they never end up in someone else's.

Not unhealthy at all!

 

[Dr Ralph]

Surely this is not something that has been just discovered. People must have been aware of the data available and risk of incorrectly disposing of the boarding pass before 2015?

 

[Dr Ralph]

I have an unhealthy and probably unsustainable habit of keeping every single boarding pass.

I keep until the FF points post and then destroy.

 

[RooFlyer]

I keep my BPs and a number of years ago this was worth a few thousand dollars!

I ( my company) applied for an AusTrade grant for developing our business overseas ("exporting geological and mining technology").

We had already done the trip, to Morocco when we became aware of the grant. One of the 2 bits of evidence AusTrade would accept as proof of actually having taken the flights was the physical BPs!!

So keep 'em (securely). You never know ð

 

[defurax]

I don't keep BP, I usually throw them in the shredder bin at work, but I do take picture in case the points don't credit to my account.

 

[samh004]

I've stopped taking photos, and always take the BP's with me after flights anyway.

 

[Himeno]

I still have boarding passes from 1992. I think the only passes I've ever tossed out have been CBR-MEL on TT/DJ printed on thermal paper.

I've seen people post photos of their passes (of trips they are currently taking) online. A few times I've replied with messages like "thanks for the info, I can now enter your booking and play around."

Though I guess this taking photos of boarding passes and posting online is the same idea as taking photos of their food. I saw some people yesterday in The Pier HKG CX F lounge taking photos of their food with no less then 3 different cameras.

 

[Isochronous]

I only keep business class BPs. Economy ones are destroyed.

 

[footy99]

I always just chuck mine out. Reckon there's a BP trade at the tip? Might have to get bitten to learn the lesson but it seems like a million to one shot.

I've never posted one online because that seems universally pointless and uninteresting anyway. But I imagine that increases your chances of running into security issues by a few thousand times too.

 

[Hvr]

I only keep business class BPs. Economy ones are destroyed.

And I bet you try to forget the trip as well.

 

[legroom]

I always just chuck mine out. Reckon there's a BP trade at the tip? Might have to get bitten to learn the lesson but it seems like a million to one shot.

I've never posted one online because that seems universally pointless and uninteresting anyway. But I imagine that increases your chances of running into security issues by a few thousand times too.

I have been always "sensitive" about leaving names & FF numbers behind having read about ID theft on numerous occasions.

Always bring it home & chuck in the bins but now I will move it up to another level - the shredder.

 

[Warks]

I got a boarding pass this week for the first time in about a year (except for the one OS trip) so I was wondering who even gets domestic BPs now? Been using the phone for ages. However on reading this thread I realised I'd thrown my BPs for the trip up in the hotel room bin! [retrieving now - it was floating - like an angel].

 

[harvyk]

Boarding passes don't typically contain a booking reference number (at least the one I just checked out doesn't have it in writing), and whilst they do contain your last name and FF number, the final piece of the puzzle - your pin - should already be kept a secret and not an obvious thing (such as birthday).

The exception is of course the barcode, and something I've just learned just then is that the 2D style barcodes used on boarding passes actually contains error tolerance. So a partial barcode might still be readable, and that does contain some interesting information in it.

I guess the question comes down to how well you trust your facebook friends if you're going to post up a photo (of say a really special boarding pass, eg a round the world J / F, not just a SYD-MEL Y), and if you allow people other than facebook friends see your posts.
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Of course, just leaving them laying around airports / on planes is just asking from trouble.

 

[Ewing]

Boarding passes don't typically contain a booking reference number (at least the one I just checked out doesn't have it in writing), and whilst they do contain your last name and FF number, the final piece of the puzzle - your pin - should already be kept a secret and not an obvious thing (such as birthday).

While it's not printed on there (Qantas ones at least), the barcode certainly contains the booking reference.
https://shaun.net/posts/whats-contained-in-a-boarding-pass-barcode