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Old Feb 9, 2026 | 9:42 am
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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.
It may be that TSA doesn't want to store the data, and prefers to rely on airlines to do so.

(And for that matter, I'd rather store it with the airline than TSA too . . . but not looking to start that debate).
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