boarding pass

American  

noun

• boarding passes
  plural

1. a pass that authorizes a passenger to board an aircraft and is issued after one's ticket has been purchased or collected.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• boarding passes
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of boarding pass

First recorded in 1965–70

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Example Sentences

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boarding pass

We headed for the United Club but when I scanned my boarding pass at the e-gate it didn’t let me through.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

"We don't question our boarding pass on our phone, we don't question our concert ticket," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

NEW YORK—The JetBlue agent scanned my boarding pass for Flight 1107 to London and welcomed me to the airline’s version of the lie-flat life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Calderón said that after arriving at the airport he asked staff more than once for directions to Gate 75A, which was the gate indicated on his printed boarding pass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

Then he assured her that no one had given him a bomb to take onto the plane, and she, in return, gave him a printed boarding pass.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

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