You know, I may have been thinking of the process before the pandemic. I hadn't gone to an Alamo, let alone any other theater, since 2019 when I still lived in Austin.

When I went to see Top Gun: Maverick at Bryant Street I do remember giving my card at the beginning, maybe that step about the back and forth was removed as a precaution after theaters started reopening and I just mentally threw it back in there, haha.