The original post: /r/travel by /u/guero2830 on 2024-11-14 16:41:57.
I recently took a work trip on JB to ATL. I boarded in group B and got flagged going through their automatic pass scanning gates with my boarding pass on my phone as "already boarded". The attendant assumed it was a scanner error and let me on.
I get to my aisle towards the back of the plane and there is another passenger sitting in my seat. I showed him my electronic boarding pass and asked him if he might be in the wrong seat. He showed me a printed pass with the same seat assignment. I called the flight attendant over to resolve the situation, she asked for both of our boarding passes. She reviewed mine on my phone and asked for his.
As she was reviewing the printed pass she noted that it was my pass, a printed copy of my ticket (a printed by the airline pass on cardstock, not a printed at home on an 8.5x11" piece of paper pass), with my name on it. She took him to the back of the plane to try and figure out what happened. At nearly the end of boarding the attendants removed him from the plane.
I completed my check-in completely online and never went to the service desk or self check-in kiosk and never attempted to print anything.
So, how did this guy print or obtain a copy of my boarding pass? And why? What is the scam?