boarding pass

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of boarding pass¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Pomona College alumni have created a Facebook page — the 47 Society — dedicated to displaying examples of the number as it pops up in everyday life — on a restaurant bill, an airline boarding pass and football scores.

From Los Angeles Times

I deliriously asked the TSA agent as I handed him my boarding pass, shaking from the mad dash.

From Los Angeles Times

So he went to check in at the airport, in person, and watched in amazement as an airline employee looked up his name on a paper list and then wrote out his boarding pass – by hand.

From BBC

Anthony Bosman, an academic at Andrews University in Michigan was trying to board his flight from Michigan to Florida when he realised he couldn’t download a mobile boarding pass to his smartphone.

From BBC

You’ll find the TSA PreCheck indicator on your boarding pass when you arrive at the travel document checking station at the TSA checkpoint.

From Seattle Times