Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
My understanding (TSOs, please correct me) is that, eventually, having a redress number will help you be able to get a boarding pass without manual intervention. I think(?) that as part of SecureFlight, you'll be able to supply your redress number along with your identifying information when you purchase your ticket; this would theoretically allow the system to recognize you as not-the-terrorist-with-the-same-name and to then print your boarding pass without further incident.
Of course, SecureFlight is being rolled out in stages, so who knows when you'll actually be able to do this.
Thanks for this response. The airlines I have filled out the Secure Flight info for (AS & DL actually) have both had fields to enter a redress number.
But I'll ask my question another way...if I am already supplying my birthdate to the airlines then why am I still not able to check in online??? The birthdate is all they have to enter in their IT sytsems anyway at the airport to get me on a plane. So what the heck is SecureFlight supposedly doing?
Again, maybe the answer is that the program is not fully rolled out but I'm not sure.
-RM