MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) - Finally Coming to AA
Jun 25, 2023, 6:50 am
#31
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Anywhere
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 679
This is not due to Android, but the cellular carrier. The carrier needs to support Voice over Wi-Fi, and you need to enable it, which you can do in either Android or iOS.
Jun 25, 2023, 6:53 am
#32
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Anywhere
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 679
So the code to login goes to the same place that you can "recover" your password? So secure! /s
It's ridiculous that at this point anybody would use email or SMS for MFA when app-based authenticators are so prevalent.
It's ridiculous that at this point anybody would use email or SMS for MFA when app-based authenticators are so prevalent.
Jun 24, 2024, 1:02 pm
#36
Join Date: Jul 2021
Location: Airport Lounges (Usually in ORD and LHR)
Programs: AA EXP 1MM, QR Gold, UA 1K, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,820
Jul 27, 2024, 10:13 am
#37
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: PHL, NYC
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Email two factor authentication just hit my account as of today. Maybe this is going out to the masses now? Like others who've chimed in here, I'd rather see the ability to use an authenticator app.
Jul 27, 2024, 8:56 pm
#38
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: NYC suburbs
Programs: UA LT Gold (BIS), AA LT Plat (CC SUBs & BD), Hilton Dia (CC), Hyatt Glob (BIB), et. al.
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Sep 3, 2024, 1:17 pm
#40
Join Date: Jul 2021
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Not that I'm aware of. Text message MFA is much more insecure (and is also costly), which is why they haven't gone with it.
Sep 4, 2024, 6:05 am
#42
Join Date: Jul 2021
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Posts: 1,820
Sep 4, 2024, 8:14 am
#43
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: OKC
Programs: IHG Spire, National Exec, AA Plat
Posts: 2,319
Apparently not for all accounts. When they stopped asking for last name, mine has been username and password only, never any form of 2FA.
Sep 4, 2024, 9:16 am
#44
Join Date: Jul 2021
Location: Airport Lounges (Usually in ORD and LHR)
Programs: AA EXP 1MM, QR Gold, UA 1K, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,820
I'm unsure what specifically triggers it, but I always get it when I'm logging in while traveling. I haven't enabled it, and there isn't any setting on my account that I can see.