Originally Posted by Gambler
Online checkin now requires you to input your date of birth, passport number and expiry date. Whats the need for this additional information? Previously, if you checked-in online and collected tickets from a machine (i.e. bypass the counters), they'd still check your pasport at the gate.
The more annoying part is, all that info is in my MPC profile! They could easily link it up.
You mean for any flight including non-U.S.-bound/originating services?
U.S.-bound/originating flights have long required those birthdate/passport number and expiry date as well as the name and phone number of an emergency contact.