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Delta Wants To Replace Travelers' Boarding Passes With Fingerprints
Delta is now letting some passengers use their fingerprints as a boarding pass at Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), the company announced Thursday. The upgrade comes after Delta, in partnership with Clear, launched in May a program in which its SkyMiles members could enter the Delta Sky Club at DCA by using their fingerprints. Now, they can board a plane by using their fingerprints as proof of identity. Read: Seattle's Sea-Tac Airport Creates Robot'Tracy' To Help Travelers Get Through Security Members will have to enroll with Clear to use the fingerprint feature. Delta said the final phase of the DCA biometric boarding pass test, which is coming this summer, will allow members to use their fingerprints when checking-in their luggage.
JetBlue Wants To Use Facial Recognition For Boarding Instead Of A Boarding Pass
You may want to rethink wearing sweats for your next flight because it might be caught on camera. JetBlue is integrating facial recognition software with the boarding process to create a "self-boarding process." The idea is that customers who use this option won't have to keep out their paper boarding pass or their phones. They'll be able to navigate to their flights easily after checking in. The new feature will launch at Boston Logan Airport on flights headed to Aruba's Queen Beatrix International Airport beginning in June, a press release from the company said. Customers using this new feature will opt in when they check into their flight.