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Old May 31, 2017, 2:41 pm
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Originally Posted by chollie
The money grab for Precheck is meaningless, because TSA already regularly refuses to staff Pre lanes or to provide the full Pre experience on a reliable basis. Right now they will suggest that the ban won't apply to Precheck pax - but we all know they can reverse that decision any time they want.

Precheck has never guaranteed the full experience.
Precheck also doesn't exist globally. I haven't seen anything like it in Europe.

And even if there was a similar program, what are the chances that DHS would accept their background check?
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