Originally Posted by
lovely15
This is not true. You do not need to go for an interview if you are invited by the airline. The interview is only required by CBP for their program, which also gains you entry into PreCheck.
And it's mid and highest tier elites, not just highest. I got the invitation a week after hitting PLT on AA.
The commenter is referring (although not particularly clearly) to the free Global Entry membership you can get through certain programs.
Bicostal has more comprehensive information.
@ tpallini:
When you say you "fly a lot", what do you mean? Generally, people invited through their airlines are if they are top 1-2 tiers of status. This is usually 50k-100k miles or more. If you're regularly spread out over multiple airlines (as your profile suggests), then you likely won't achieve status on a single airline. As a Platinum with United (75k+ miles), I was not invited. I did get free Global Entry, however, and received eligibility to precheck that way.