Does anyone know if the seat allocation (or boarding group in the case of easyjet) shows up when they scan the barcode at the airport gate?
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Boarding pass barcodes - What is in them
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Having seen people manage to get through the boarding gate and get onto the wrong plane, I think there is bugger all on them. Either that, or the gate staff are incompetent; one of the two.
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Barcodes are typically just a 12 or 13 digit number.
It's down to the scanning system as to what information they can ascertain from that number. more than likely, it's a unique ID for a line in a database somewhere which may contain all sorts of information relating to the passenger/booking. As for what information the air-side stewards at the gate have, I have no idea.
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flamejob - if you're thinking of photoshopping speedy boarding onto your pass, I'll be interested to hear how you get on with it
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geoff - I have no idea what you are talking about; this may or may not have worked in my home city airport on Monday when I flew to London.
I fly home today and know they scan the barcode at gatwick so am just wondering, purely for curiosity's sake, what the gate crew see when they scan the code.
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