Meanings
plural blind passengers
- A person who travels without paying the expected fare.
The Montreal Convention does not apply if a blind passenger (stowaway) is carried as a favour (save where the carrier is an air transport undertaking under Article 1 paragraph 1 sentence 2) or for humanitarian reasons.
2022, Elmar Giemulla, Ronald Schmid, Regula Dettling-Ott, Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for ..., page 71Synonyms: deadhead
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who travels without paying the expected fare.
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blind passenger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blind%20passenger
“blind passenger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blind%20passenger. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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