American Airlines Expands Mobile Boarding Passes to 19 Additional Airports for Use With Mobile Phones or PDAs
No Need for Paper Boarding Pass Now at 27 Airports - Simply Show Barcode on Mobile Phone or PDA
American Airlines customers departing from select airports can choose to receive their boarding passes electronically on their mobile phones or PDAs, saving time and bypassing the need to print and present a paper boarding pass at the airport.
Passengers departing on domestic flights from 19 additional airports now have the option to use mobile boarding passes. New airports added are:
- Albuquerque International (ABQ)
- Charlotte Douglas International (CLT)
- Cleveland Hopkins International (CLE)
- Denver International (DEN)
- El Paso International (ELP)
- Houston George Bush Intercontinental (IAH)
- Jacksonville International (JAX)
- Little Rock Adams Field (LIT)
- Memphis International (MEM)
- New York La Guardia (LGA)
- Oklahoma Will Rogers World (OKC)
- Orlando International (MCO)
- Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX)
- Salt Lake City International (SLC)
- San Antonio International (SAT)
- San Diego International (SAN)
- San Francisco International (SFO)
- Tulsa International (TUL)
- Washington Dulles International (IAD)
Mobile boarding passes, which use a two-dimensional (2-D) barcode, were introduced by American in late 2008, and were previously available for passengers departing on domestic flights from Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS), Chicago's O'Hare International (ORD), Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW), Los Angeles International (LAX), John Wayne Orange County (SNA), Las Vegas McCarran International (LAS), Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) and Minneapolis–St. Paul International (MSP) airports. American's mobile boarding pass program is in partnership with the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
