Originally Posted by
SeriouslyLost
As an aside, might I suggest considering Global Entry rather than Pre-Check? There are greater advantages to it and it takes you one (small) further step away from having to deal with TSA.
TSA treatment is the same either way, since it's just an alternative way to qualify for pre-check on domestic or outbound flying.
It's definitely worth the extra $15 if you fly internationally
at all. I mean, I'd pay $15 to miss just one bad line at immigration or customs (more likely both!) even if I only planned to fly internationally once in 5 years.
For 2-4x a year, it was worth it even before it came with pre-check, but it was no help with the TSA checkpoints back then.