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Mobile ID
Anyone try it yet?
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/.../mobile-id.jsp Use your selfie through the airportSave time at the airport and enjoy your travel experience sooner with Mobile ID. The program helps you move through different points of interest without handing over your boarding pass or ID. No more searching for everything you need while carrying your bags.Use Mobile ID at:
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I was ready to try it at DFW A on Friday but the kiosk was broken and the TSA agent told me it actually takes a little longer than the “old fashioned” way.
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For both TSA and AC, it only works at DFW right now.
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I used facial recognition for boarding and it wasn’t faster than scanning a BP.
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I had the displeasure of passing through pre-check behind a couple trying to use this at BWI last week. They held up the line a solid 10 minutes trying to get it to work.
Please have your actual ID handy in case it doesn't work the first time. |
Originally Posted by funnyfarm299
(Post 34372537)
I had the displeasure of passing through pre-check behind a couple trying to use this at BWI last week. They held up the line a solid 10 minutes trying to get it to work.
Please have your actual ID handy in case it doesn't work the first time. Where else is it implemented? |
maybe, I am just old fashioned... show a id... have printed ticket... but that is just me..all without using my phone
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Great.. yet another app. Can we not do everything we need in 1 app when it comes to flying AA?
My state has a mobile ID app, although not sure where it is actually useful at this point. I'm not going to download 17 different mobile ID apps for everything I do. |
Originally Posted by VegasGambler
(Post 34372583)
This works at BWI? The web page says DFW only.
Where else is it implemented? |
What is the point of this program? You have to open the app, display the barcode, scan the barcode, then pose for a photo. That sounds much slower and less convenient than simply handing over your drivers license or state ID.
All I can guess is that it’s an effort to collect facial recognition data for some future face-only program that won’t require a barcode. |
They have been using facial recognition software for boarding all of my flights to Canada over that last ~8 months. I'm assuming they are using a passport photo database for this?
Not that I'm necessarily a George Orwell enthusiast, but I don't recall any explicit consent that was asked of me to be able to board this way. |
Originally Posted by DreAAmliner
(Post 34373867)
They have been using facial recognition software for boarding all of my flights to Canada over that last ~8 months. I'm assuming they are using a passport photo database for this?
Not that I'm necessarily a George Orwell enthusiast, but I don't recall any explicit consent that was asked of me to be able to board this way. |
As one poster put it perfectly. Tech is great. What is not great is having to fish around for five or six different apps. Why can't these developers work with AA so that the AA app can offer all of those features in one app. We keep trying to innovate to make it easier and that's great until it doesn't work.
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Originally Posted by tomj888
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As one poster put it perfectly. Tech is great. What is not great is having to fish around for five or six different apps. Why can't these developers work with AA so that the AA app can offer all of those features in one app. We keep trying to innovate to make it easier and that's great until it doesn't work.
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Maybe this is why they have opposed CLEAR in terminals/airports they control
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