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Old Apr 30, 2019 | 8:38 pm
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expataus
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How do automatic boarding gates work?

Was directed to board via one of the new gates that takes your photo, however as it didn’t ask me to scan a boarding pass, and I’ve not (knowingly) submitted a photo to BA - how did they know who I was? Just walked up to gate, smiled at these camera, and the gates opened, no ticket or passport check by a machine or human.
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