ElI5: Why do we still have to check in for flights?

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And why (at least with my experience) is it normally only allowed 24 hours in advance? Why not more, less, or even not at all with modern tech able to know where we are?

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It’s not a technological limitation. It’s double checking that the person that bought the ticket still intends to fly, with enough heads you can adapt if there’s changes. But no so much heads up that checkin becomes invalid.

Just like how if you make plans with a friends a month out you probably double check a day or so before.

And tracking people’s location is a *big* privacy issue.

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