I feel the urge to share with you this funny and somehow scary story.
I needed to travel for my business Phuket –Bangkok –Phuket and purchased my ticket on-line.
I did choose to travel to Bangkok on the 18th, June and return to Phuket on 20th, June. I did not realize that I made an error during the online booking process. The return e-ticket was issued with the return trip to Phuket on the 18th instead of 20th June.
I checked in at Phuket airport to go to Bangkok on the 18th, right after the check-in process, I was asked if I like to check in for my return flight Bangkok-Phuket and I said yes! I was happy to receive this service. I received a boarding pass for Bangkok-Phuket which I did not bother to check my boarding pass.
On the 20th, June late evening, I arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport for my trip back to Phuket and did go straight through the whole security process. (I had my boarding pass issued in Phuket). The security guard checked my boarding pass and my passport to ensure all are correct. (I know well they never check anything, they just do what they are told to do which is ….. “just make a mark on the boarding pass with your pen”
At the X-Ray machine area, I watched the person in front of me who was asked to remove his trouser belt but he did NOT have to remove his Notebook Computer! Strangely I had to remove the computer but nobody bothered about my trouser belt! He shook his head and so I did…. but I know well about the inefficiency of this airport security so I kept my comment to myself.
I did go straight to the gate, and boarded the plane after my boarding pass and passport have been checked again. If I remember right, I did sit a K 18 or K 19 seat.
There was one Gentleman claiming that I was sitting on his seat. I proudly show my boarding pass with seat number to the gentleman and the very observant crew, the crew apologized to us saying that there must be an error. As the plane is only half full, the crew offered the other person to sit wherever he wants.
About 10 minutes later which is closed to take-off, the crew discovered that I did go through all the security processes and boarded a plane on the 20th, June with a boarding pass issued for a flight on the 18th June. So in summary, I made it with an out-dated boarding pass through all security checks at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Since the plane was only half full, it could well have been that nobody ever would know that I was on this plane…. What if I would be a Terrorist!!
