American Airlines expands 'gate lice' crackdown to more than 100 airports

American Airlines has announced it's expanding their caller exertion to extremity a process known arsenic "gate lice," which is erstwhile passengers chopped lines successful hopes of boarding a formation early.

The strategy audibly flags erstwhile a rider attempts to committee the level earlier their designated duty is called and volition automatically cull the ticket.

American Airlines archetypal piloted the exertion past period astatine Albuquerque International Sunport successful New Mexico, Tucson International Airport successful Arizona and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. 

It volition present grow to much than 100 airports up of the vacation season.

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Julie Rath, American’s elder vice president of airdrome operations, reservations and work recovery, said successful a property merchandise the quality for customers to committee with their assigned radical is important to them.

American Airlines continues to rotation retired a exertion that volition alert unit if a rider is attempting to committee the level anterior to their designated time. (iStock)

"The archetypal affirmative effect from customers and squad members has exceeded our expectations, truthful we are thrilled to leverage this exertion to present for them up of the Thanksgiving holiday," said Rath.

Travelers boarding with a companion who has an earlier boarding radical whitethorn inactive bash so. The cause volition override the alert accepting the boarding pass, according to the property release.

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American Airlines archetypal tested the exertion astatine 3 airports and has announced connected Nov. 20 that it volition soon beryllium rolled retired to much than 100 airports. (iStock)

The technology, "provides squad members with much penetration into the fig of customers successful each boarding group" and "displays anticipated accomplishment clip for incoming formation connections," according to American's site.

Some of the airports listed successful the enlargement programme are Austin-Bergstrom International Airport successful Texas and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport successful Georgia.

The word "gate lice" has gained traction connected societal media successful caller years. Though it's not known who invented the phrase, respective travel blogs and Reddit forums sermon "gate lice" astatine length.

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In October, a typical from American told Fox News Digital via email, "The caller exertion is designed to guarantee customers person the benefits of precedence boarding with ease."

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport are among the 100 airports to rotation retired the programme this vacation season. (iStock)

The typical added, it "helps amended the boarding acquisition by providing greater visibility into boarding advancement for our team,"

Jacqueline Whitmore, a erstwhile formation attendant and etiquette adept based successful Mount Dora, Florida, told Fox News Digital via email that she supports American Airlines' latest tactic.

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Fox News Digital reached retired to American Airlines for further comment.