From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 13:33:30 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Photo IDs (Re: A Libertine Question)
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tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May) writes:
> (As has been commented upon by many analysts, it's likely that the airline
> companies are enforcing the picture I.D. rule so as to stop the practice of
> people buying discount tickets and then selling them to others.
> Specifically, many corporations buy tickets in advance of knowing who the
> actual business traveller will be. The airlines are causing many who arrive
> at the ticket counter to "upgrade" to a full-fare ticket under their real
> name.)

When I fly, my name is _always misspelled in weird ways by the subhumans
who do this sort of work. I'd have problems if "Gimidri Voolens" had to match
some photo id.

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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