JBLU421NYC

Another idea to avoid the hassle of network connectivity issues is to take a screenshot of your BP and pull that up at security. To take a screenshot from Android or Apple is very simple just two buttons pushed simultaneously. It is unfortunate to only see MBP get Pre√ but paper is on its way. I personally use MBP all the time when I fly and was pleasantly surprised when jetBlue added MBP to SEA. Now I never have to use paper.

Lurker1999

No you'll have to be invited by Jetblue. The easier way is to just apply for Global Entry which is a steal at $100 for 5 years.

JBLU421NYC

TSA isn't really doing much of a hybrid, just allowing Pre√ qualified people to leave shoes and light jackets on in regular lanes. Pre√ requires a specific setup.

diburning

BOS's Terminal C has a full Pre√ lane. It was put in at the nagging of United.

cleanfloor

Except for the gates at 40/41/42. I just went through there and precheck came through on my BP just fine, but as at some other airports, i still had to take my liquids and laptop out of the bag. Got to go through the metal detector, but i got harassed on the other side by TSA folks that didn't see i had the laminated "expedited" waiver. (the security guy in me shudders)

Hopefully they'll get training on this soon .. i like using this type of benefit but i dont want to be one of those FF a-holes who fights with uninformed TSA agents over small details.

deelmakur

The NYT online reports the company will not have printed boarding pass capability until April. Presumably, their IT folks are busy working on Healthcare.gov. Meanwhile, note that the mobile option is airport specific. For example, it is not available at West Palm Beach, where they are the largest carrier. People are starting to notice the missing WiFi, ever higher fares, where they are often more than Legacy carriers, and a confusing FF program, based on points, redemption of which is dynamic. Another wrinkle. I recently had trouble cancelling an award ticket, where I had used an additional cash payment for Even More Space. Many calls, before I finally realized that their IT system separates the ticketing streams. It took two departments, and two different programs, to unbundle the hybrid ticket. My point is, their IT doesn't appear to be integrated, internally, which is probably why they can do a mobile PreCheck, and not a printed one.

sbm12

Except that there is some evidence that it crosses over with UA/US as I noted above. It might actually work. No guarantees and I'd bet against it, but it might work.

We must be talking to different people. Most I've interacted with outside of this small community seem to like the simplicity of the relatively fixed-value points and redeeming for any seat on the plane. And everyone will get used to it soon enough as the legacies migrate in that direction as well.

deelmakur

Not to go off subject, but the points required for a free ticket go up and down, like fares, supposedly based on demand. That's different from a fixed number of miles, per award. Points are also based on spend. I often earn more to Florida, from NYC, than I do flying to the West Coast. Perhaps I'm confused. As a long time road warrior, I am a million miler with 2 Legacy carriers. I've been playing this game since the programs were begun, over 30 years ago. That said, my point was about the current IT system, which appears to be incompatible in some areas. Smaller carriers, like Virgin America, Alaska, and Hawaiian, have had no difficulty adopting PreCheck, nor has Southwest, which just absorbed AirTran.

cleanfloor

airtran? you mean the airline that i can't use my southwest drink coupons on because they cant scan them yet?

no one's perfect.

deelmakur

But does PreCheck work?

deelmakur

Actually, I just checked, and it doesn't, but AirTran is being phased out. Again, my point is that B6 has some sort of home brew IT system, which apparently produces barcodes that are different than other major carriers, and thus not readily capable of being coded with KTN information that can be read by TSA scanners. I note the visual, showing the sample hologram for a mobile device, looks different than those produced for printed boarding passes.

ellinj

US and UA reciprocate, probably a side benefit of being in the same alliance, but I don't expect that to last. I have GE now so I have gotten it on a handful of different airlines.

cleanfloor

for airtran? no, as a matter of fact, i could not use my precheck 2 weeks ago. the systems are different.

edit: i see you corrected yourself. i thought at first glance you were talking about the drink ticket system.

JetBlueFA

We have launched a preliminary version of PreCheck.

CDKing

Maybe not during OLCI but you can add KTK to existing reservations