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Re: Airline ID Checking (was: RE: your mail)

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Subject: Re: Airline ID Checking (was: RE: your mail)
From: Renegade <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 22:30:12 -0600
Cc: <[email protected]>
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Posted-Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 07:33:32 -0600 (CST)
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At 12:44 PM 10/27/1998 -0700, X wrote:
>Does anyone know what the airlines do with the info they collect off the ID?
>Are they just noting whether the names match, or is it more sinister?

This has nothing to do with security. They are checking to make sure the
name matchs the ticket. Airlines like to think their tickets are
non-transferable, and they use this method to make sure john doe did not
buy the ticket from joe shmoe.

-Renegade

References:
- Re: your mail
  - From: "Joel O'Connor" <[email protected]>
- Airline ID Checking (was: RE: your mail)
  - From: "X" <[email protected]>

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