Mobile ID
Jun 26, 2022, 9:13 am
#1
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Mobile ID
Anyone try it yet?
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/.../mobile-id.jsp
Use Mobile ID at:
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/.../mobile-id.jsp
Use your selfie through the airport
Save 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:
- TSA PreCheck: Share your American Airlines Mobile ID QR code and scan your face at Security to pass through the checkpoint with ease.
- The Admirals Club®: Skip the line for lounge entry with Mobile ID. Scan your face on a tablet to verify your lounge membership.
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Jun 26, 2022, 9:36 pm
#5
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: SAV/HHH
Posts: 326
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.
Please have your actual ID handy in case it doesn't work the first time.
Jun 26, 2022, 10:06 pm
#6
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Where else is it implemented?
Jun 27, 2022, 8:00 am
#8
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: OKC
Programs: IHG Spire, National Exec, AA Plat
Posts: 2,274
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.
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.
Jun 27, 2022, 8:03 am
#9
Join Date: Jun 2014
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Jun 27, 2022, 8:12 am
#10
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,546
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.
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.
Jun 27, 2022, 9:32 am
#11
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Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: DFW
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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.
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.
Jun 27, 2022, 10:53 am
#12
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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.
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.
Jun 27, 2022, 1:06 pm
#13
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Los Angeles& Telluride
Programs: UA1K, 1MM,AA Exec. Platinum, Global Entry, Nexus
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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.
Jun 27, 2022, 2:51 pm
#14
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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.