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One transmission source I wonder is the boarding pass and boarding pass scanner.
It seems the face-down scanners (your barcode faces down) would get more contacts than the face-up scanners. Most of the domestic UA scanners I have seen are face-down.
My last UA flight was on 2/28. Have they implemented any changes on that front recently (e.g. remind people to not have their phone / BP touch the scanner)?
A handheld scanner would perhaps be safer, AS has been using tablets (kind of awkward due to size) at some airports/gates for a while (pre-covid).
Are there any changes at TSA? Or do people still “drop” their phone on the scanner?