Same Day Confirmed & Pre-Check?
Apr 27, 2015, 3:53 am
#1
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Same Day Confirmed & Pre-Check?
I need a quick answer and don't have time to search. Sorry in advance for that.
I rarely change my originally booked flights.
If I have already checked-in for my return flight and have Pre-Check:
1) Will I lose it if I same-day confirm on to an earlier flight and print a new boarding pass?
or
2) Can I use my BP for my originally booked flight (stored in Passbook on my iPhone) and just get a BP for the new flight at the Sky Club--once through security?
I rarely change my originally booked flights.
If I have already checked-in for my return flight and have Pre-Check:
1) Will I lose it if I same-day confirm on to an earlier flight and print a new boarding pass?
or
2) Can I use my BP for my originally booked flight (stored in Passbook on my iPhone) and just get a BP for the new flight at the Sky Club--once through security?
Apr 27, 2015, 4:35 am
#2
Join Date: Jun 2008
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The answer to your first question: You might lose PC, especially if you do not have a known traveler number, but IME, you usually do not lose PC.
The answer to your second question: So long as you SDC to an earlier flight, using the other BP is not an issue.
The answer to your second question: So long as you SDC to an earlier flight, using the other BP is not an issue.
Apr 27, 2015, 4:38 am
#3
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Thanks so much. I do have a Known Traveler Number (Global Entry) and am going on an earlier flight.
Apr 27, 2015, 4:44 am
#4
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Then you should not have an issue. I have a KTN and do SDC four or five times a month and have only missed PC once. I didn't realize until the BP only got one beep. (That's how close the first screener looks when you walk through with confidence!) I apologized, letting the TSA Agent know I had just switched flights. He asked if I had the BP for my original flight. It was still on my phone, I pulled it up and went through.
Apr 27, 2015, 6:25 am
#5
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My original BP worked fine at security, and I have Pre-Check on the BP of the new flight, not that I now need it. Sitting in the very nice BOS SC--and just watched the plane I'll be on arrive at the gate!
Thanks again.^
Thanks again.^
Apr 27, 2015, 6:41 am
#6
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1. Hang on to your original BP. You can use that for the checkpoint even if you have changed to another flight.
2. You should not "lose" Pre-Check through a change to your ticket. So long as the KTN and name match, nothing should happen. While it has been said that it can take as long as 72 hours for Pre-Check to "stick", my experience is admittedly anecdotal, but not that. I have purchased new tickets while enroute to the airport and had Pre-Check when completing the ticket issue and purchase 10 minutes later.
2. You should not "lose" Pre-Check through a change to your ticket. So long as the KTN and name match, nothing should happen. While it has been said that it can take as long as 72 hours for Pre-Check to "stick", my experience is admittedly anecdotal, but not that. I have purchased new tickets while enroute to the airport and had Pre-Check when completing the ticket issue and purchase 10 minutes later.
Apr 27, 2015, 10:22 am
#7
Join Date: Jan 2007
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I've seen Pre-Check fall off BPs. Had a case where I was getting poor reception in PHX at the ticket counter and I was concerned about being able to pull it up on my phone. Did a reprint just in case and the pre-check disappeared on the paper copy. Luckily I was able to get better signal by security and went back to the phone app.
Apr 27, 2015, 11:36 am
#8
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I've seen Pre-Check fall off BPs. Had a case where I was getting poor reception in PHX at the ticket counter and I was concerned about being able to pull it up on my phone. Did a reprint just in case and the pre-check disappeared on the paper copy. Luckily I was able to get better signal by security and went back to the phone app.
Apr 27, 2015, 11:50 am
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I have never lost Pre when doing SDC. But, I do screenshot my mobile BPs and the certainly can be used as a backup for TSA, so long as you are not past the flight time.
Apr 27, 2015, 1:48 pm
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Screenshots give me the same functionality for BPs, albeit in a far less packaged way. I cannot figure out, though, why the Fly Delta app does not just allow BPs to be accessed offline. It seems that the data does reside locally based on a) how quickly they load once the login process is complete and b) how you must generate and "download" the mobile BP even after checking in on a computer.