Originally Posted by
Often1
The goal -- and it has been highly publicized -- is to get 85% of the flying public into PC by the end of 2015 and to adjust the allocation of lanes accordingly.
$85 for 5 years through TSA or $100 for GE through CBP (if you do any international travel).
I'm not trying to split hairs here, but my understanding is not that the goal "is to get 85% of the flying public into PreCheck", but rather that 85% of passengers will get PreCheck. The difference is that some passengers who are not Known Travelers (e.g., PreCheck or Global Entry) or Invited Participants (e.g., airline elite members) will get PreCheck, as is already occurring. TSA could start giving 85% of passengers PreCheck today if they wanted to, but most airports are not yet equipped to handle that many PreCheck passengers.
To get to 85% what will be happening is even passengers who are not Known Travelers or Invited Participants will get PreCheck a significant amount of the time (50% or so ...).