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Old Jun 24, 2012, 2:11 pm
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Janus
 
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Originally Posted by jasonvr
Wow! I was totally mistaken. I thought TT was a prerequisite. Although it leaves me wondering how the heck TSA checks out someone who opts in as an elite FF only???

http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/participation.shtm
IMHO, I think it is based on total miles flown and years within an airline program. I.e. if (for example) the TSA requirement was 5 year FF program membership, plus 200,000 BIS miles; then (hopefully) during that time intel based security measures would have flagged the "bad-guy" as a threat.
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