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Old Feb 7, 2026 | 8:34 pm
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Originally Posted by mangoMan
I signed up for Touchless ID in my AA and AS profiles. However, if you use your AA FF# on a AS flight, you won't get Touchless ID. Given that Touchless ID is really a service of the TSA, it seems your enrollment in the program should be tied to your KTN, not your FF profile. Maybe that will change as the program evolves.
Right now 'opt-in' is required, and that is tracked at the airline level, not by TSA. Presumably that is tracked by the FQTV in the PNR and only works on the issuing carrier--the one that has access to the 'opt-in' data. That may very well change as the program evolves.
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