Up until the time I was approved for GE I had been batting ZERO with PRE for almost a year. When I did my interview, the officer pulled up my info and said "Well, here's your problem: You name is in the system as John Smith Smith instead of John Q Smith."
(not my real name) Somehow, my last name was also entered as my middle name so when I was checking in for a flight, my name didn't match the TSA name for PRE. (or something like that.) Anyway, from that moment on I've been 100% PRE.

I'll get my bride's application going. Hopefully, we can get the interview and approval well ahead of time.

My officer told me that I was "good to go" as of right then. I got to test it about a week later when I flew home from that trip and got PRE for the first time.