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[Archived] TSA Pre-Check / PreCheck Known Traveler program for AA FFs

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TSA Pre-Check / PreCheck Known Traveler program for AA FFs (consolidated)


You are eligible to be selected (on a flight-by-flight basis) for TSA PreCheck expedited screening if:
  • You are a frequent American Airlines flyer that have been invited by American Airlines to participate and followed the instructions on the email to accept, or/and
  • You participate in a "Trusted Traveler" program (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI and/or TSA PreCheck application program) and have entered your "Known Traveler ID" in the reservation
    • If you're using your AAdvantage number, you can enter the "Known Traveler ID" in the Personal Information and Password tab of My Account) so it will auto-populate in all new reservations bearing the AAdvantage number made anywhere
    • If your reservation doesn't have your AAdvantage number, you can retrieve it and add the "Known Traveler ID" to it. The method is not very intuitive: on AA.com click on my trips, then on view all, then on find my reservation and enter either the record locator (if you know it), or the flight information using the AA operating flight number (not any eventual codeshare number from another airline).
    • Your Secure Flight Information (name, sex, DOB) in the reservation must match the one with the program (except for "middle" or other names, which are ignored) (name on ticket does not matter)
    • You will find your "Known Traveler ID" on the GOES website or on your program's card, under the name "PASSID". It is either 9 digits or the letters TT plus 7 digits
You will know if you have been selected on a particular flight if the wording or logo "TSA PreCheck" appear on your boarding pass.

NOTE: 20 May 2016: "Todays announcement makes a total of 16 carriers that participate in TSA Pre✓: Aeromexico, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Allegiant, American Airlines, Cape Air, Delta Air Lines, Etihad Airways, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Seaborne Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin America and WestJet.

Passengers who are eligible for TSA Pre✓ include: members of the TSA Pre✓ application program, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Trusted Traveler program, Global Entry, and Canadian citizens who are members of CBPs NEXUS program. TSA Pre✓ is also available for U.S. Armed Forces service members, including those serving in the U.S. Coast Guard, Reserves and National Guard."

Link

How it works

In the Pre-Check lane, you no longer need to remove the following items:
  • Shoes (some, such as steel-toed shoes, may require removal)
  • 3-1-1 compliant bag from your carry-on (all liquid restrictions still apply)
  • Laptop from your bag (if electronics are stacked on top of each other, they require removal)
  • Light outerwear or jacket
  • Belt (large belt buckles may require removal)
  • Pre-Check Lanes are WTMD only-- No NoS in use
LOCATIONS

Link to FlyerGuide Wiki listing of American Airlines (only) PreCheck checkpoints.

Link to FT thread AA Airport / Concourse TSA PreCheck - Hours [only] (may not be current)

See also post 1 of this thread. (It contains much additional info in the Moderator's Note.)

NOTE: PreCheck is changing to a Trusted Traveler (GE/NEXUS/SENTRI) -like program, where anyone will be able apply and pay USD $85 (online or at a PreCheck enrollment center), be vetted for approval, present proof of identification and be fingerprinted at a PreCheck enrollment center (IAD and IND, opening Fall 2013, will be thie first), and be granted PreCheck status for five years from that time. It will not be airline - or airline status - tied.

"Current PreCheck participants, including those eligible via a CBP Trusted Traveler Program such as Global Entry, will continue to receive PreCheck eligibility. Participants who opted-in through their airline frequent flyer program may want to consider applying for PreCheck, as they are more likely to be selected for PreCheck expedited screening more often if they are vetted via the PreCheck application process." Link.

Trusted Traveler (Global Entry, Nexus, Sentri) and Having Problems with PreCheck?






If you belong to one of the Trusted Traveler Programs listed above, you may run into issues getting PreCheck clearance if your Secure Flight Data is not an exact match to the data that you entered into your application on the GOES (Global Online Enrollment System) website when you applied for your TT membership.

For example, if your airline account has Bob Jones, but your GOES account has Bob James Jones, then the TSA may not be associating your information properly when it "decides" who can and can not have access. Additionally, if your PASS ID # (listed above in the screen-shots) is not an exact match, there will be a mismatch when TSA processes your information, and you will not receive PreCheck.

To ensure you receive PreCheck on all flights (domestic & internatioal), be sure to ensure the information in your AA profile is accurate. The name on the ticket does not matter- the "Secure Flight Data" is what is used to determine PreCheck status.


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TSA Pre✓ / PreCheck / Pre Check Issues, Changes, etc.

Known issues:

  • Not every airport or terminal offers the TSA Pre✓ program

  • TSA Pre✓ may have limited or irregular hours or closed at times without notice

  • TSA Pre✓ members are still be subject to random selection for intensified screening

  • TSA Pre✓ program has changed from an airline elite invitation program to a fee-based program with certain screening requirements

  • If one's TSA Pre✓ status is from the pilot invitation program and one doesn't have a Known Traveler Number ("KTN"), TSA Pre✓ status may not carry on to another airline and one may experience increasing denials (not having the TSA Pre✓ printed on boarding pass and being sent to the regular TSA screening queues

Link to TSA Application Program and TSA Pre✓ program information, links

Changes to TSA Pre✓

TSA Pre✓ was originally offered by certain airlines to their elite status members. These TSA Pre✓ members do not have a Known Traveler Number from a USDHS trusted traveler program (GOES / Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI or the new $85 fee based TSA Pre✓ Application Program offered to the flying public with 5 year renewal), making TSA Pre✓ status portability challenging. See the DHS Trusted Traveler programs listing and comparison chart here. Please read the following:

From American Airlines, April 2015:

This month, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is making changes to the TSA Pre✓ Trusted Traveler Program that will impact which travelers receive expedited screening. If you're not already a member of one of the Trusted Traveler programs like Global Entry or the TSA Pre✓ Application Program, you will probably see a decline in how often you receive expedited screening, even if you've previously "opted-in" through a frequent flyer program.

The best way to increase your chances of receiving TSA Pre✓ on a regular basis is to register for a Trusted Traveler Program with the Department of Homeland Security at dhs.gov/tt. Once you receive your Known Traveler Number (KTN) from TSA, be sure you update your AAdvantage profile.

To add your KTN to your AAdvantage profile:
  • Login to your account on aa.com and select My Account from the AAdvantage menu
  • Within My Account, go to the Information and Password tab
  • Add your Customs and Border Protection 9-digit PASS ID to your secure traveler information
For more information on TSA Pre✓, visit tsa.gov/tsa-precheck.
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[Archived] TSA Pre-Check / PreCheck Known Traveler program for AA FFs

Old Jul 14, 2011, 2:59 pm
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I can't wait to opt in. Hopefully I'll get the nod - I have Global Entry so sounds like that might help. Hope this isn't targeted to just DFW / MIA fliers.

It can only be better than what goes on now - yesterday I watched an FA walk straight through ORD security yesterday with a full Venti Iced coffee while the TSA by the line was yelling about the liquids and gels policy.
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Old Jul 14, 2011, 3:01 pm
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Originally Posted by ESpen36
Would the "explosives-detection devices" be WTMDs, MMW, or BKS machines? Or something else?
None of those are explosives detection devices. Despite TSA propaganda the pornoscanners/cancer boxes do NOT detect explosives (nor, of course, do the old WTMDs). Let's all at least acknowledge facts and admit that BKS/MMW scanners look for "anomalies" not explosives.

Maybe the "puffers" will come back! At least those machines, despite their flaws, are actually designed to detect explosives.

Not sure how this new incarnation of "extorted traveler" will help me in the short term at DFW. I already have an express security lane as a frequent flyer at DFW, two in fact, they're called the DL checkpoints in Terminal E!
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Old Jul 14, 2011, 3:03 pm
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Originally Posted by CityFlyerNYC
It can only be better than what goes on now - yesterday I watched an FA walk straight through ORD security yesterday with a full Venti Iced coffee while the TSA by the line was yelling about the liquids and gels policy.


Pilots and FA in uniform are exempt from liquids restrictions. They also are exempt from laptop/baggie/shoe/belt removal.
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Old Jul 14, 2011, 3:08 pm
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Originally Posted by CityFlyerNYC
I can't wait to opt in. Hopefully I'll get the nod - I have Global Entry so sounds like that might help. Hope this isn't targeted to just DFW / MIA fliers.
I just got the email from AA and I'm not DFW or MIA based. I think their emails are to their elite status members. However, I also have Global Entry so I'm not positive what prompted my "you may be eligible" email.
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Old Jul 14, 2011, 3:12 pm
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Originally Posted by LMB01
I just got the email from AA and I'm not DFW or MIA based. I think their emails are to their elite status members. However, I also have Global Entry so I'm not positive what prompted my "you may be eligible" email.


I just got the email too! (I'm NYC based.)

Looks like status is the operative thing here in ordered to be deemed "eligible" by AA. I doubt that AA knows whether we have GE/NEXUS/SENTRI membership.

Either way, I'm covered to participate! I have NEXUS, GE, and am EXP who has received the email! ^
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Old Jul 14, 2011, 3:15 pm
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Got the e-mail too. Only DFW and MIA for now, hope that it gets extended to LAX. But as soon as its available, I'm opting in for sure; I've had enough of TSA that I've seriously made huge cutbacks to flying this year; barely passed 25,000 EQM mark as of today.
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Old Jul 14, 2011, 3:30 pm
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Originally Posted by docr775
Here is a glimpse into the program as it is proposed:

"The report recommends a voluntary trusted-traveler program in which passengers would supply fingerprints and other personal information in return for an identification card that would allow them to bypass security lines.

Members would enter a kiosk where either fingerprint or iris scanning technology would be used to confirm their identity. Both the passenger and carry-on bags would pass through an explosives-detection device, but there would be no requirement to remove shoes, coats or hats."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...txa_story.html
Doesn't sound faster to me, unless there are fewer people.
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Old Jul 14, 2011, 3:31 pm
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Received this email earlier today. Wife did not receive the email. If only I am in the program it doesn't really help me.
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Old Jul 14, 2011, 3:46 pm
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Originally Posted by brp
With regard to the baggies, I haven't taken mine out in over a year (actually, I think I did one time) and they have not been requesting that in the lines in about that long.

Cheers.
You obviously haven't been to PDX lately! Had an officious older TSA female clerk tell me I must declare all my liquids. I asked exactly "declare" really meant to which I was told, they must be visible and screened outside of the rollaboard. I truly believe she was making all this guff up but boy she felt good about telling me! All other places I agree, it's the consistent inconsistency that keeps them terrowists on their feet!
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Old Jul 14, 2011, 4:12 pm
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Exclamation Please stay on topic!

Howdy folks! In order to keep this thread on topic, PLEASE do NOT wander into diatribes about TSA and travel security. (There's a whole other forum for that if you'd like to express your opinions).

Let's keep the discussion to the topic at hand. Questions/comments/observations about the proposed program and how it may affect the traveling experience of AA flyers is certainly encouraged; however, posts that veer off on a tangent will be removed to help keep discussion streamlined.

(And for those who need it, here's the direct link to the Travel Security/Safety forum: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...-security-222/)

Thanks for your cooperation, everyone!

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Old Jul 14, 2011, 4:22 pm
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Just got the email, too. I have a Global Entry interview later this month, which I only set up because it was comped by Amex. If that helps me get into this trial, that would be awesome, since I don't really travel internationally all that much.
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Old Jul 14, 2011, 5:10 pm
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I wonder how much this would cost the flyers? $100 fee like GE?
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Old Jul 14, 2011, 5:29 pm
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Got same email from AA and I have GE and Nexus. Dont fly thru those 2 airports that often, but will try the program if they allow.
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Old Jul 14, 2011, 5:39 pm
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Originally Posted by FlyMeToTheLooneyBin
I wonder how much this would cost the flyers? $100 fee like GE?
If it were truly efficient and quick - I would not mind paying something like that. Others agree?
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Old Jul 14, 2011, 5:42 pm
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To be considered for participation in the trial, you will be required to opt-in and give us your consent to share your AAdvantage status with the TSA.

Hahaha ... everything else about our flying experience and habits they hand over without asking first but this we have to opt-in to? Screw 'em.
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