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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Having to show your boarding pass Thanks for reading!
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Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
In addition to not posting a boarding pass, there are many other easy tips to enhance safety when traveling.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
More than 18 million passengers expected to fly for the July Fourth holiday, and those travelers (along with four letters on your boarding pass) could lead to longer wait times in the TSA line.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 July 2025
At Bradley, Dali was seen on surveillance video twice trying to enter TSA security checkpoints without a boarding pass, prosecutors said.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025
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Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
In addition to not posting a boarding pass, there are many other easy tips to enhance safety when traveling.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
More than 18 million passengers expected to fly for the July Fourth holiday, and those travelers (along with four letters on your boarding pass) could lead to longer wait times in the TSA line.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 July 2025
At Bradley, Dali was seen on surveillance video twice trying to enter TSA security checkpoints without a boarding pass, prosecutors said.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 8 May 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 29 Jul. 2025.
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