United Adds Tsa Wait Times To Its Mobile App

If you’re flying United Airlines, you’ll now person a amended thought of erstwhile you request to get to nan airdrome to make your flight. Yesterday nan hose announced respective updates to its iOS and Android mobile apps including estimated information hold times astatine each of United’s US hub airports arsenic a consequence of nan ongoing partial authorities shutdown that near TSA agents unpaid and checkpoints understaffed.

That includes airports successful Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York / Newark, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, and some modular information and TSA PreCheck lineups.

Other features that will use flyers connected recreation time see personalized turn-by-turn stepping directions to gates pinch an estimate of really agelong it will return to get there, a “heads up” if United tin clasp a formation to accommodate those pinch tight connections, and texts pinch radar maps showing really upwind could impact travels.

The mobile besides includes self-service devices for rebooking flights, requesting repast and edifice vouchers, and a “package-delivery-style container tracker.” As portion of yesterday’s news, United Airlines besides announced “bag search enhancements” allowing passengers to “seamlessly share” nan location of luggage they’re keeping tabs connected pinch an Apple AirTag tracker. United Airlines first added support for Apple’s Share Item Location successful December 2024, soon aft Apple first announced nan feature.