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Travellers headed to America may be talking more with their airline.

The Department of Homeland Security will require carriers to begin asking U.S.-bound passengers additional screening questions on about 2,100 daily flights starting on Thursday. These conversations may include the purpose of a trip, whether a bag has been in the traveler’s possession at all times and other queries the government has not disclosed.

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For many U.S. airlines, the impact of this requirement is minimal because they’ve already been doing these types of interactions with U.S.-bound passengers on many, but not all, of their flights. Others have not. Many carriers, including Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. and Delta Air Lines Inc., are telling customers flying to America to allow at least three hours before departure to navigate security.

Emirates said the “pre-screening interviews” will occur at check-in counters for originating passengers and at the boarding gate for passengers transferring in Dubai to a flight to the U.S.