If saving money is important to you, and you are savvyenough to know how to find cheaptravel deals, such as cheap airplane tickets, discount hotel rooms, cheapdeals, discounttravel deals, and cheap vacation packages, thenthink twice before tossing your boarding pass as you deplane.
The sad truth is that most coach airline tickets no longercome with meals, pillows, or much legroom on planes. However, the good news is that on somedomestic and international flights, paper or electronic boarding passes includea wide variety of destination bonuses.
One example of such a bonus is that fliers until recentlywere able to present a Virgin America boarding pass and receive a free scoop ofHumphry Slocombes at the San Francisco Ferry Building.
Passengers in possession of a boarding pass from anyairline can gain complimentary entry at select ski or snowboarding locations inthe U.S.:
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TheSteamboat Ski & Resort in Colorado offers a free night of skiing on theevening of arrival for travelers able to show their boarding passes. People arriving on Tuesday and Wednesday canget a free skiing night on Thursday.
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Severalski resorts are part of Alaska Airlines Ski the West promotion that offers afree day of skiing. Alaskas AlyeskaResort is offering a free day of arrival pass for out of state travelers and asecond day ski free in Taos, New Mexico.
Other perks provided to travelers in possession of boardingpasses are:
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Travelersmay check a case of wine for free in the wine regions of Oregon, Washington,and Sonoma County, California.
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Freewine tastings at over 300 tasting rooms in Oregon, and over 200 wineries inWashington State.
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Hertz,under the Taste and Tote program in Washington, is offering car rental discountand waiving the drop off fees at three regional airports: Pasco/Tri-Cities, Walla Walla, and Yakima.
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AustrianAirlines introduced in 2006 the Worlds most valuable board pass whichprovides passengers with free entry to museums and galleries and discounts atshops and restaurants for up to ten days after landing. Although this program ended on 12/31/14, theairline said that it will come out with an updated version for 2015 that willoffer its passengers interesting benefits.
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KoreanAir offers two boarding pass programs. Anyone flying from a different country to Korea is given ExcellentBoarding Pass Korea perks for seven days which provides discounts to a varietyof attractions including tours, performances, meals, cellphone rentals,shopping, currency exchange fees, rental cars, and airport groundtransportation.
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KoreanAirs Excellent Boarding Pass Worldwide provides various perks outside ofKorea and can be used for up to 30 days from departure.
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AsianaAirlines supports a Magic Boarding Pass program whereby passengers can takeadvantage of a wide assortment of special offers.
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Aninternational Asiana Airlines boarding pass provides perks at premium outlets,hotels, restaurants, and attractions in Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, and the U.S.
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Aninternational boarding pass presented in Korea provides discounts on exchangerates, at shopping outlets, tourist destinations, concert halls, and on groundtransportation.
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ASingapore Airlines boarding pass provides a full month from the date of travelto use on dining, shopping and other deals in Singapore.
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KoreanAir and Singapore Airlines offers discounts on airport transfers for travelerswho present boarding passes.
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