LH Now TSA PREcheck Eligible
Sep 10, 2016, 4:42 pm
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I just checked in for a flight and was a little bummed not to see anything on my electronic BP.
But I guess LH is doing this the same way AC did. Until they get their ducks in a row, you'll need a BP printed at the airport.
But I guess LH is doing this the same way AC did. Until they get their ducks in a row, you'll need a BP printed at the airport.
Sep 11, 2016, 7:36 am
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My SO used LH pre-check at ORD the day it was announced. Just had to stop by the counter for a paper BP.
While it won't help with lines, I wonder at EWR for example if they'll make it "light pre", where you can leave your jacket and shoes on in the regular line. They give out special cards at ID check if you've got pre.
While it won't help with lines, I wonder at EWR for example if they'll make it "light pre", where you can leave your jacket and shoes on in the regular line. They give out special cards at ID check if you've got pre.
Sep 15, 2016, 2:10 pm
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NOT at JFK
there will be no TSAPRE at JFK T1 for a long time.
All airlines are foreign and TSA will not do it just for LH pax. There are not enough standard security lines at T1 to carve-out TSA lane.
I flew out on Tuesday and talked to one surprising friendly supervisor.
All airlines are foreign and TSA will not do it just for LH pax. There are not enough standard security lines at T1 to carve-out TSA lane.
I flew out on Tuesday and talked to one surprising friendly supervisor.
Sep 15, 2016, 3:03 pm
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Depending on how LH's IT works, they might have the same code generating barcode content, or they might not.
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Sep 15, 2016, 3:07 pm
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- Only US passport holders or also German passport holders that are enrolled in GE?
- Also those that do not have a separate GE or TSAPre card, but just the enrolment in GE and the little CBP sticker in their passport (which should be the default for all non-US citizens that have GE)?
For the TSA to approve Pre, the airline has to send your data to the TSA for verification:
1. Your ticket name has to match your GE profile (not your passport, not your ID, but the name at the top of your GE profile - which is usually the same as your passport, but doesn't have to be).
2. Your ticket DOB has to match your GE profile (same story here, could be different from the passport if an error was made during enrollment, guess how I learned)
3. Your KTN has to be entered
If you aren't getting Pre consistently: check all of those 3. If those match, tell LH to fix their IT.
Sep 15, 2016, 9:00 pm
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It would be interesting to see if anyone tries the online BP anyways: having Pre printed on the BP is entirely irrelevant, the content on the barcode is what's relevant. If they use the same barcode (or at least same content, since I think they use a different printing format on airport BPs) on both then either would work for Pre.
Depending on how LH's IT works, they might have the same code generating barcode content, or they might not.
Depending on how LH's IT works, they might have the same code generating barcode content, or they might not.
So this is not an improvement for those who travel carry-on only. Yet
Sep 17, 2016, 11:28 am
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Sep 19, 2016, 5:12 am
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Sep 19, 2016, 3:12 pm
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My SO used LH pre-check at ORD the day it was announced. Just had to stop by the counter for a paper BP.
While it won't help with lines, I wonder at EWR for example if they'll make it "light pre", where you can leave your jacket and shoes on in the regular line. They give out special cards at ID check if you've got pre.
While it won't help with lines, I wonder at EWR for example if they'll make it "light pre", where you can leave your jacket and shoes on in the regular line. They give out special cards at ID check if you've got pre.
It's as you suspect with light pre where you don't need to take your shoes off and can go thru metal detector instead of X-ray. They ha d you a card
Better than nothing
