Why do airlines always have to deface boarding passes?

[brissyflyer]

Is a stamp, football cards, baseball cards etc more important than a boarding pass? Some people pay a lot of money for them as you would an airline ticket. You want to have them in the best condition possible. Not defaced....

Although in some cases a used stamp is worth a lot more than a mint one

 

[JaneDoe]

Aaah, have you ever flown in India? If you haven't you really don't know what stamping a boarding pass is all about. When I was last there, in the time between the boarding pass being printed and getting on the plane, I had at least two stamps and a few pen markings on my boarding pass, which had been looked at by at least 7 people.....

At least in India the staff check your baggage tags when you leave the airport to make sure you have taken only your bags. Ever wondered why in Australian airports (and airports in the "west" in general) your bag hasn't been stolen off the baggage carousel? It's called luck! Airport procedures/security doesn't cover that side of things it would seem. We still can learn some things from the so called "third world" airports. ;-)

 

[serfty]

G'day JaneDoe,

Welcome to AFF.

Interesting comments, and yes, it is true - and known.

Sort of the reason I can travel around the would with a 7kg carryon.

 

[v8Statesman]

At least in India the staff check your baggage tags when you leave the airport to make sure you have taken only your bags. Ever wondered why in Australian airports (and airports in the "west" in general) your bag hasn't been stolen off the baggage carousel? It's called luck! Airport procedures/security doesn't cover that side of things it would seem. We still can learn some things from the so called "third world" airports. ;-)

I have picked up the wrong bag a few times. I always look for my surname on the sticker. (Aswell as the F/J tag that helps make my bag come out last)

 

[dajop]

I had a curious incident once of my luggage going missing on a flight from Tamworth to Armidale! (.... long story as to why I was flying that sector in the first place, but simplest explanation that there were no rental vehicles available in TMW).

At TMW as I walked to the plane, the agent also took my luggage to the plane placed it on the aircraft (not surprisingly I was the only paxwho joined the flight at TMW, the other 10 pax continuing from SYD didn't disembark)

At ARM, went to get the keys to the rental car, then to retrieve my luggage and it wasn't there. QF searched the luggage hold to no avail. Anyway headed off to do my site inspection north of Guyra, and got a call from someone who'd picked up my luggage by accident, put it on a charter plane and it was now in Glen Innes. Luckily they managed to get it down to Guyra for me, all in time for me to pick it up and get my planned flight to SYD (which was only 3 hrs after arriving).

So it can happen, not always maliciously but by accident as well, but always worth having a contact phone number inside & outside your luggage for this reason.

 

[jaredr]

Hi,

I think too far will be when printing OLCI and you find the circles.

ejb

I'm pretty sure the OLCI I did at NRT had a BP that had red ink circles already on the blank BP so gate num and seat would appear to be circled when printed