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I absolutely never do this. Maybe because I'm paranoid, and especially if I'm flying internationally, I never, ever, feel comfortable handing my mobile device to security or Immigration. I still get a paper one every time.


I don't fly internationally much, but everywhere I've been in the US, my phone never leaves my hand. I place it on scanners at security/the gate.

In any case, as the other person mentioned, my phone is locked the whole time. The only thing in the wallet they can access is my boarding pass.


While I get your point this is really unnecessary when you fly within Europe. Specifically within the Schengen area.

Usually you don't hand your boarding pass to anybody. Instead you self-scan it once when you enter the passenger / transit area and a second time, when boarding the plane through a self-service gate.

This may vary by airport, but on most of my flights through a number of European airports access is pretty much automated.


You can access boarding pass while your phone is locked.


Sure, but that doesn't solve my (perhaps somewhat irrational) issue with physically handing my phone to people I don't really trust, especially when out of my home country.




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