How to get a real rigid boarding pass instead of thermal paper
Airlines now issue digital passes or print tickets on cheap thermal paper at self-service kiosks, making it difficult to collect traditional heavy stock ticket stubs for travel journals. Travelers wanting physical souvenirs can rarely find out in advance which airports or desks still offer them.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Going to the check-in counter or desk to request a printed version
- 2Buying custom stock paper to design and make your own replica boarding passes
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I keep my ticket stubs from lesser traveled/will never be able to go again countries as souvenirs. I keep them in a little travel journal.”source ↗
“I have not had a heavy stock paper boarding pass in several years now, at least not for a U.S. airline. I'm sure it's still possible in some airports, but I don't know how you could know that in advance.”source ↗
Where this came up
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