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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Keeping your boarding pass can offer a few unexpected benefits even after your journey ends.
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Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2025
After a flight attendant asked for her name and boarding pass, Dali gave two fake names and failed to produce any boarding pass or identification, prosecutors said.
—ABC News, 10 July 2025
The boarding pass Ramesh kept shows he was seated in 11A, which was an exit row, according to Air India's seat maps.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 16 June 2025
Having to show your boarding pass Thanks for reading!
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
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Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2025
After a flight attendant asked for her name and boarding pass, Dali gave two fake names and failed to produce any boarding pass or identification, prosecutors said.
—ABC News, 10 July 2025
The boarding pass Ramesh kept shows he was seated in 11A, which was an exit row, according to Air India's seat maps.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 16 June 2025
Having to show your boarding pass Thanks for reading!
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 18 July 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 4 Aug. 2025.
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