Stupid Guest Tricks

CBC British Columbia: 'Masked man' flight probed by government



Given the timing, it could have been a Halloween trick gone so very wrong (heck, he could have been Carl Fredericksen from Up).

That is just flat spooky.

What really scary is he was allowed to board in Asia (can't remember which city) with only a boarding pass and his aeroplan frequent flyer card as an ID !
Of course the frequent flyer card doesn't even have a photo on it. I thought passports were required?!

delsdad wrote:What really scary is he was allowed to board in Asia (can't remember which city) with only a boarding pass and his aeroplan frequent flyer card as an ID !
Of course the frequent flyer card doesn't even have a photo on it. I thought passports were required?!

Not necessarily, it seems. On my last trip home, I used my Certificate of Canadian Citizenship Card to board the plane (my Canadian Passport had expired, indeed renewing it was part of the reason for the trip). Mind you, it does have a photo, but it's still not a passport.

That being said, It's nice to know that Aéroplan Card that Air Canada hands out like candy (I have three accounts, personally) is apparently a form of ID. Along with their prices, I'm remembering why I never really use those Aéroplan accounts....