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Travelers rely on smartphone apps to track loyalty programs and access digital boarding passes, and use mobile sites to research activities.

Google/Ipsos, U.S., "How People Use Their Phones for Travel," n=500, smartphone users aged 18–64 who used a smartphone for travel in the past month, Oct. 2016.

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