Your Face = Your Boarding Pass . Thanks to facial recognition, you won’t need to show your ticket or passport at every security gate. Your face will act as your unique identifier, unlocking ...

Whether it’s modern-day and digital or old-school and printed, a boarding pass is your golden ticket to adventure. But if you’re not careful, it could also become a one-way pass to trouble.

BCBP: Bar-Coded Boarding Pass.It's a bar code that contains passenger information and is scanned to board a plane. The International Air Transport Association sets standards for bar codes on ...

If you do find this quartet of letters on your boarding pass, allow 15–45 minutes of extra time to get through security at the airport. This story was updated to add a gallery.