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# Need a last minute flight?

**Need a last minute flight?** - Dani Grant, Medium.

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### Need a last minute flight?

On Delta, you can change the URL of your boarding pass and get someone else’s boarding pass.

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20160404093923im_/https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*aVmS77bSAfoyVl-XmnJu3w.png)

Even if they’re on a different airline.

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20160404093923im_/https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*CCRM6UuuEEqIg9u48QwxdQ.png)

You can check in as them and change their seat.

Delta’s response: