Originally Posted by
HkCaGu
Because if a kiosk or computer is not expecting you, it will kick you to a human or it will take longer. Another poster already explained a reason to avoid complications.
I learned that lesson in 2013 when I gave UA my US passport but wanted to be admitted as BNO at LHR. The officer was not happy, but could not deny me. It took a little extra time to override/reconcile/whateverhehadtodo.
How do we arrive this is root cause for the delay?
Do you even know if UA was even passing it along or that data is even used during traveler inspection?
e-Borders was scrapped due to missing timelines/promises. Only 11 air carriers were providing submissions in 2013 (see 5.4 on page 16) and there is no indication that data is even being used to drive any kiosks or during inspection as the primary benefit of matching against watch list itself wasn’t even utilized as promised.
https://assets.publishing.service.go...s_Oct_2013.pdf