{"id":133858,"date":"2024-11-20T20:23:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T20:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/20\/american-expands-technology-blocking-passengers-from-boarding-early-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T20:23:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T20:23:46","slug":"american-expands-technology-blocking-passengers-from-boarding-early-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/20\/american-expands-technology-blocking-passengers-from-boarding-early-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"American expands technology blocking passengers from boarding early – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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If you fly American Airlines, boarding in an earlier group than you’re assigned is about to get a lot harder. Ahead of the Thanksgiving travel rush<\/a>, American is expanding its new technology \u2014 which stops out-of-turn boarders \u2014 to more than 100 airports across the country.<\/p>\n

The move comes after TPG, last month, reported the Fort Worth-based carrier was trialing the new software<\/a> at three airports.<\/p>\n

With an audible beep, the program alerts gate agents when a passenger tries to board with an earlier group than the one on their boarding pass.<\/p>\n

American’s gate agents will also get a visual alert, TPG has learned, and they’ll ask passengers boarding out of turn to return when their group is called.<\/p>\n

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