Should I use BA or AA app?
Aug 12, 2017, 10:58 am
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
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Should I use BA or AA app?
Afternoon all,
I have a trip from DUB to ORD this week, booked through BA but on AA metal.
Are there any advantages or disadvantages for which app I use to check-in and get mobile boarding pass?
I have Global Entry and KTN is already in the AA record.
thanks,
A.
I have a trip from DUB to ORD this week, booked through BA but on AA metal.
Are there any advantages or disadvantages for which app I use to check-in and get mobile boarding pass?
I have Global Entry and KTN is already in the AA record.
thanks,
A.
Aug 12, 2017, 11:01 am
#2
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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Posts: 63,732
You will want the AA App here, it's relatively straightforward, you don't need to login as an AA member, just provide the locator. On the return you should get TSA PreCheck via the AA App.
If you are not an American citizen, ensure you have the API data already loaded into the AA record, including address of your first night in the USA.
If you are not an American citizen, ensure you have the API data already loaded into the AA record, including address of your first night in the USA.
Aug 12, 2017, 11:03 am
#3
Join Date: Dec 2004
Programs: BA GGL, A3*G, Mucci de l'expertise des Apps
Posts: 3,363
Yes there is a definite advantage to using the AA app, that being that it will work and the BA one won't. You always check in with the operating airline of the first flight, not who you booked with. If you try and use either BA OLCI or the BA App it will just direct you to AA anyway.