Just theoretical question but for domestic flight within the US, when you enter the gate for security check, you just need to show your ID/ driver license. When you are boarding the plane, they just need to scan your ticket either in paper form or on the phone. They never match the name on your flight ticket with your identification, does that mean, if you buy a non-refundable ticket and you could not make it, you can easily transfer or sell your ticket to someone of interest to travel to the destination?
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You would have to find this person in the secure side of the airport, which is just not going to happen because everyone there also has a ticket.
Thats different than Canadian airports for domestic flights. Here they scan your boarding pass before security but to actually board the plane you must have photo ID that matches your ticket.
[this guy tried to take a picture of someone else’s boarding pass and hid in the planes bathroom.](https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/man-takes-photo-boarding-pass-boards-delta-flight-get-home-ski-trip-documents-say/5E6A2HCL4FD3PK3CFQY6YRCRGQ/?outputType=amp)
They caught on while the plane was still taxing out and he was arrested
In Canada you need to scan your boarding pass to get through security.
At the gate you need to scan your ticket and show ID.
Australian here: we can still enter domestic terminals if we aren’t flying, no ID required just have to go through the metal detector.
And then when boarding flights nobody checks ID at all. Some airlines /may/ check when you’re checking in at the counter but most airlines now have automated kiosks and they don’t check ID. Plus you can always just check in online and not check in baggage.
It would be incredibly easy here (although not at all legal, don’t do it kids) to give a mate or family member a ticket with your name on it and not have to pay silly name change fees.
Just wanted to add, the information and photo on your ID and passport are stored in a separate database and can be accessed by TSA and airlines. This is how they’re implementing boarding with cameras and facial recognition.
[Check it out](https://incode.com/blog/biometric-boarding/#:~:text=Once%20the%20passenger%20is%20positioned,are%20prompted%20to%20continue%20boarding.)
How would that person looking to buy your ticket get through security? They would have to have a ticket purchased or you can’t get through security in the first place. So it would be a weird scenario where someone bought a ticket, decided not to fly on their flight and you, also bought a ticket, went through security, and then decided not to get on your flight and sell your ticket to someone else? That’s a very dumb crime to commit. And both people still had to clear TSA so there’s not really a security risk.
Why do you think they check your ID?
Here in Australia you don’t even need a ticket to get in to the terminals and security never checks your id, you just walk through the scanner and have your bag scanned. They only check your boarding pass at the gate before your flight. Never once had my I’d or passport checked. You could just walk in with anyone’s ticket and no one would ever know or check.
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