Keep Your Flight Boarding Pass and Get Discounts on Your Vacation
After boarding a flight, most people just stuff their boarding pass into their carry-on and forget about it. By doing this, you’re missing out on potential savings.
Many airlines offer discounts and freebies for those who keep their boarding pass. Depending on where you land, you could score savings on tourist attractions, restaurants, wine, or even airport transfers.
Singapore Airlines
Singapore Air has perhaps the best discounts and perks in the bunch. In fact, a Singapore Air boarding pass gives you access to hundreds of deals on hotels, car rentals, restaurants, retail shops, and plenty of tourist attractions. Beginning on the day of your flight and lasting a month, these Boarding Pass Privileges are valid not only in Singapore, but in overseas locations like Australia, the Maldives, and Hong Kong.
You could get 25 percent off of your ticket to the National Gallery Singapore or 10 percent off a visit to the acclaimed Jurong Bird Park. And if you haven’t booked a room, get 20 percent off rooms at the Le Meridien Singapore, Sentosa.
Korean Air
With the Excellent Boarding Pass program, you get great discounts on restaurants, transportation, and tourist attractions. All you need is an international Korean Air boarding pass.
With 10 percent off tickets to the Jeongdong Theater and 20 percent off your visit to the National Theater of Korea, there’s no reason not to catch a show. Additionally, you score discounts on car rentals, shopping, currency exchange, and certain attractions.
Discounts on theme parks, including Lotte World and Daemyung Vivaldi Park, ensure the whole family benefits from the program.
Asiana Airlines
If you’re traveling either internationally or domestically on Asiana Airlines, you’re in line for some discounts with the Magic Boarding Pass. Depending on the perk, you have up to one month to claim your savings.
If you’re traveling to Korea, you can get 25 percent off a tour of the Jeju Beer Brewery, among other food and attraction deals. A trip to Japan will get you discounts on connecting flights, hotels, and attractions. This includes 10 percent off the Kyoto Aquarium.
In addition to those perks, you get deals in Singapore, Delhi, and select destinations in North America, Europe, and Oceania.
Air Asia
Your Air Asia boarding pass will get you deals on accommodations, attractions, and restaurants in much of Asia. Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, and Hong Kong are just some travel destinations where you could take advantage of these deals.
In Malaysia, you could score huge savings at LEGOLAND, including 30 percent off admission and 10 percent off hotels. If you’re in Hong Kong, bring your boarding pass to TurboJET for a discounted ferry to Macao. In Macao, you can visit Studio City Attractions for 15 percent off.
Alaska Airlines
The Wine Flies Free program offered by Alaska Airlines allows you to check a case of wine for free in airports in California, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. Plus, you get free wine tastings in Washington and Oregon.
With your Alaska Airlines boarding pass, you can ski for free at some of the hottest destinations including Steamboat, Mammoth, and Sun Valley. If you’re bringing skiing and snowboarding equipment with you, you also get a discount when you check them.
Alitalia
Flying into Rome? Alitalia offers rotating special offers for those who keep and present their boarding pass. These perks are seasonal and do change, so check them out before flying in.
Some offers include a discount on the Roma Pass, which is a tourist and culture card that offers carriers discounts on all of Rome’s museums and certain services. Also, you can get direct discounts on museums through the boarding pass.
Aside from that, the McArthurGlen Designer Outlets offer discounts of up 10 percent to those who present their Fashion Passport, which can be received by showing your boarding pass.
My Emirates Pass
By showing your Emirates boarding pass, you get discounts from over 250 locations in the UAE. This includes restaurants, theme parks, spas, and other attractions.
Specific attractions include 20 percent off admission to the Aquaventure Waterpark in Atlantis, as well as 15 percent off city sightseeing.
Looking to relax at a spa? Get up to 30 percent off at the spa at Address Montgomerie.

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