TSA PreCheck Program - Questions/Experiences for United Airlines Travellers
Oct 18, 2012, 12:14 pm
#1711
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No luck for DEN-SEA connecting to intl flight, as expected. However, I could still bypass the queues (same set-up as DCA, although there I was OK for pre-check because domestic segment with stopover). The queue was huge for both regular and elite passengers at DEN south checkpoint in early am. Only downside was that I was forced to go through MMwave scan.
Oct 18, 2012, 6:00 pm
#1712
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Oct 18, 2012, 6:38 pm
#1713
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Oct 18, 2012, 7:02 pm
#1714
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No luck for DEN-SEA connecting to intl flight, as expected. However, I could still bypass the queues (same set-up as DCA, although there I was OK for pre-check because domestic segment with stopover). The queue was huge for both regular and elite passengers at DEN south checkpoint in early am. Only downside was that I was forced to go through MMwave scan.
Quite likely.
Oct 18, 2012, 9:42 pm
#1715
Join Date: Jun 2002
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IAD Setup
At IAD, there's actually two scanners. Before the entrance to the pre-check line, there's a contract employee who checks BPs on an older ("green led") scanner that generates the three beeps. The TSA agent has a newer-looking scanner (no beeps). I couldn't see what was on the screen.
Oct 19, 2012, 12:48 am
#1716
Join Date: Nov 2009
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I'm 0/1 at EWR, but I saw a number of people get the 3 beeps. That said, MMW wasn't running at the C3 PA entrance, so everyone still got to use WTMD. (I, however, drew the short straw and got pinged for an ETD swab.)
Oct 19, 2012, 12:54 am
#1717
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: LAX
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Boston-Logan PreCheck
Is there a PreCheck line for UA in terminal C? The UA webpage seems to indicate that it is only available in Terminal A at this point.
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Oct 19, 2012, 7:23 am
#1718
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Oct 19, 2012, 7:29 am
#1719
Join Date: Oct 2012
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I read a post that said BOS Terminal C would have it by the end of the year.
Oct 19, 2012, 10:06 am
#1720
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Does 1K UA precheck work at T3 security at ORD?
Oct 19, 2012, 10:12 am
#1721
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I can't get UA.sux to save my suffix on the TSA traveller info on an upcoming domestic itin. Hopefully this CO IT glitch won't deprive me of precheck. 
Oct 19, 2012, 10:14 am
#1722
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Oct 19, 2012, 10:14 am
#1723
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If the TSA checkpoint is PreCheck enabled, and if your BP is PreCheck-activated, then it doesn't matter where at the airport you go through security--you'll get the triple beep.
Of course, at some airports, the TSA agents may give you a quizzical look (or even worse, deny you access) if you try to go through security at a different terminal than your flight departs from, but at ORD, since they are all connected airside, I doubt this will be a problem.
If you are flying out on AA or another carrier, though, note that your UA PreCheck will have no effect, and you won't have a PreCheck-activated BP.
Of course, at some airports, the TSA agents may give you a quizzical look (or even worse, deny you access) if you try to go through security at a different terminal than your flight departs from, but at ORD, since they are all connected airside, I doubt this will be a problem.
If you are flying out on AA or another carrier, though, note that your UA PreCheck will have no effect, and you won't have a PreCheck-activated BP.
Oct 19, 2012, 10:38 am
#1724
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: CHI - LIS
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Thanks. I am with a friend who is flying AA so I have a plausible reason to be there.
I think I read, though, that if you use a 1K MP number on a US flight, and that your name is EXACTLY the same as in your 1K profile, that you will get precheck. Any truth to that?
I think I read, though, that if you use a 1K MP number on a US flight, and that your name is EXACTLY the same as in your 1K profile, that you will get precheck. Any truth to that?
Oct 19, 2012, 10:58 am
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Best as I can tell, the plain-Jane UA PreCheck invitation doesn't work. However, if you take advantage of UA's offer to pay for a Global Entry interview and you get a Global Entry Pass ID number, you can then insert that in your US reservation and potentially get PreCheck.