TSA to open PreCheck to all for a fee
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As a practical matter, technically it has worked for non-US (and non-Canadian) citizens too. Whether that was intended or not by the TSA, it just adds to the ways in which the TSA can be consistently inconsistent.
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I have Nexus and am a sxcking 1P with United but I was never cleared for pre-check.
As far as I can tell, either I am not yet an US citizen or it might due to a space in my first name so the name check between airline ticket and TSA will never be the same. The airline won’t add space between my first name and GOES system does not allow me to remove the space. So I am stuck. I hope they issue a TSA pre-check number to all GE/Nexus/SENTRI members. I really hate to pay another fee to evil TSA for the precheck.
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As far as I can tell, either I am not yet an US citizen or it might due to a space in my first name so the name check between airline ticket and TSA will never be the same. The airline won’t add space between my first name and GOES system does not allow me to remove the space. So I am stuck. I hope they issue a TSA pre-check number to all GE/Nexus/SENTRI members. I really hate to pay another fee to evil TSA for the precheck.
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I have Nexus and am a sxcking 1P with United but I was never cleared for pre-check.
As far as I can tell, either I am not yet an US citizen or it might due to a space in my first name so the name check between airline ticket and TSA will never be the same. The airline won’t add space between my first name and GOES system does not allow me to remove the space. So I am stuck. I hope they issue a TSA pre-check number to all GE/Nexus/SENTRI members. I really hate to pay another fee to evil TSA for the precheck.
Polar Bear
As far as I can tell, either I am not yet an US citizen or it might due to a space in my first name so the name check between airline ticket and TSA will never be the same. The airline won’t add space between my first name and GOES system does not allow me to remove the space. So I am stuck. I hope they issue a TSA pre-check number to all GE/Nexus/SENTRI members. I really hate to pay another fee to evil TSA for the precheck.
Polar Bear
At least Canadian NEXUS are included:
http://www.tsa.gov/press/releases/20...-nexus-members
"The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced the inclusion of Canadian NEXUS members in TSA Pre✓™ as part of the Beyond the Border Action Plan. Beginning November 15, Canadian citizens traveling domestically in the United States who are members of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) NEXUS program are eligible to participate and may receive expedited screening at participating U.S. airports."
As a practical matter, it now applies also to Canadian NEXUS users flying internationally from the US. The relevant thing to get it to work (with PreCheck carriers at PreCheck airports) is to get the known traveler number into the proper field with the airline and to not have too little of an "exact" name match.
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There is anecdotal evidence non-US citizens have gotten PreCheck, but it seems all have US addresses, which is not my case...
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I have Nexus and am a sxcking 1P with United but I was never cleared for pre-check.
As far as I can tell, either I am not yet an US citizen or it might due to a space in my first name so the name check between airline ticket and TSA will never be the same. The airline won’t add space between my first name and GOES system does not allow me to remove the space. So I am stuck. I hope they issue a TSA pre-check number to all GE/Nexus/SENTRI members. I really hate to pay another fee to evil TSA for the precheck.
Polar Bear
As far as I can tell, either I am not yet an US citizen or it might due to a space in my first name so the name check between airline ticket and TSA will never be the same. The airline won’t add space between my first name and GOES system does not allow me to remove the space. So I am stuck. I hope they issue a TSA pre-check number to all GE/Nexus/SENTRI members. I really hate to pay another fee to evil TSA for the precheck.
Polar Bear
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Not all such persons have US addresses; some even never had US addresses. The more common a name, ironically, perhaps the more likely it works regardless of DHS's desire to discriminate based on nationality.
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I have yet to see anything close to a line at the IAD pre check - it's walk up, present BP, proceed to conveyor belt, drop bags, walk through WMD, grab bags, and I'm off. You could probably triple the number of people with pre check, and it wouldn't cause appreciable crowding.
Most casual flyers aren't going to shell out the $100 for qualification.
Most casual flyers aren't going to shell out the $100 for qualification.
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Here is the PR:
http://www.tsa.gov/press/releases/20...tsa-precheck-0
Frankly it is BS. I have Pre✓™ via the airline. The TSA Pre✓™ application program requires a background check and fingerprints. Yeah, the airline has a bunch of the same info for a background check. But I sure as !@#$ did not have to give them fingerprints.
http://www.tsa.gov/press/releases/20...tsa-precheck-0
Frankly it is BS. I have Pre✓™ via the airline. The TSA Pre✓™ application program requires a background check and fingerprints. Yeah, the airline has a bunch of the same info for a background check. But I sure as !@#$ did not have to give them fingerprints.
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As a concrete example, my partner and I were quickly approved for Clear but both denied Global Entry. Still can't figure out why, as neither of us has ever had the slightest run-in with the law or CBP, but that's covered in another thread. I fly maybe 20 times a year, but I loathe security lines and will gladly pony up the $85.
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