Originally Posted by
BSBD
I respectfully disagree.
I have seen way too many situations where pax claim to have PreCheck when they don't. Some don't know what it is, some are just trying to get through a shorter line, some had it yesterday but not today and think it still applies, some think they should always get it even if its not on their BP because they signed up for Pre/GE.
It takes time to process each person through the TDC, and if they don't have Pre they slow down the process, especially when they argue with the TDC that they should be let through anyway.
So, I think the BP checkers are a necessary evil, and trying to bypass them as you describe just makes you a DYKWIA.
I agree. Too many people try to game the system.
I was at SFO last month waiting at the TSA gates to open for a 6am departure. The horde of people waiting for the regular gate was long. There were about a dozen people waiting at the pre check side, and when the gates were open, more than half were sent over to the regular gate where they belonged.