July 31, 2006

Hack Your Southwest Boarding Pass

boardingA A how-to on boarding early on Southwest…

…Use any HTML editor to change the “B” or “C” graphic on your saved boarding pass to the “A” graphic that you saved.

Not rocket science, but points out the inherent insecurity of boarding passes you print out yourself. I suspect it’s similarly easy with other airlines. Recently, Southwest filed suit against APassOnly.com which acted as a proxy to get you first in line boarding, so I don’t expect this site to stay up long.

How To Change A Southwest Airlines Boarding Pass From a “C” or “B” to and “A”! [boardfast.blogspot.com]

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3 Responses to “Hack Your Southwest Boarding Pass”

  1. Computer world security » Hack Your Southwest Boarding Pass Says:

    […] Original post by Security Wonk and software by Elliott Back […]

    April 10th, 2007 at 4:43 am
  2. Sheila Says:

    Here’s a better way:
    Register when you buy your ticket at seat-sniper.com, and they will get you an ‘A’ group boarding pass by checking you in at the first available minute. Southwest boarding pass

    November 25th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
  3. the traveler Says:

    Sheila is right, seat-sniper.com is the way to go on SWA!!

    November 26th, 2007 at 8:12 pm

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