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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 2:36 pm
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heffa
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Originally Posted by heffa
PreCheck will be upstairs on main level according to TSA agents. They are currently building it out.
Originally Posted by 14940674
Did they make any indication as to why they are creating a new, upstairs checkpoint, rather than simply converting the current Diamond checkpoint into PreCheck configuration?
They probably want the same kind of setup as of other airports. Even with PreCheck one doesn't get that all the times, and if that's the case then TSA can send you back to the regular [upstairs] security line.
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