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You have the moment of panic that every traveler inevitably has — you think you’ve left an ID at home or lost a boarding pass.

You fearfully and aggressively check all of your pockets while trying to rein in your children — one of whom has the boarding pass you were looking for waving around in his hand because you let him hold it “like a big boy.” (Rookie error.)

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