United now provides boarding passes for partner airline flights via app

United travellers connecting to flights operated by the carrier’s 19 partner airlines can now receive their boarding pass on their smartphones when using its mobile app. This is the first time a US carrier has enabled this functionality through its mobile app. Previously, travellers using the United app would only be able to receive boarding passes for the United-operated flights in their itinerary. “As we continue to make improvements to the United app, we found that simply allowing our customers to access boarding passes for their entire itinerary within the same app made a big difference,” said Kate Gebo, the airline’s chief customer officer. “Our partnerships with Star Alliance carriers and other partner airlines can take our customers to over a thousand destinations around the world, and we’re excited to be the first US carrier to provide customers with this convenience when connecting to partners.”<br/>