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Some international flights have face scanners at the gate. Not sure if it's to take a photo in the event of an issue or an actual scan and comparison against yo
by Zanni 2y ago
Some international flights have face scanners at the gate. Not sure if it's to take a photo in the event of an issue or an actual scan and comparison against your stored ID, but the length of the process (a few seconds) suggests the latter.
- alistairSH 2y agoIt's some combo of the latter. It's been a few years, but the last time I went through Heathrow, my face was scanned at passport control (arriving from US) and then again at boarding (connection to Glasgow). The two photos didn't match enough and I was asked to stand aside while the gate agent figured out how to proceed (pull out passport for review). [at least that's my recollection of what happened]