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Old Aug 10, 2017, 12:05 pm
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drewguy
 
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Originally Posted by okamzikprosim
At the end of June, I was on a flight from IAD and TSA at IAD pre-check had a new device that looked kind of like an old Dell computer tower. Instead of the checker looking at my boarding pass, she put the ID through a vertical slit in the machine, waited about 5 seconds for it to spit out, and waived me through. She specifically told me she didn't want to see my BP.

Anyone know what is going on here? Are they using the ID to match directly with Secure Flight data to access my flight details at the TSA checkpoint?

On my other flights since, I have not seen this device again.
I had this as well earlier this week at IAD . . . just my passport (which was connected to the reservation when I checked in). But seemed like everyone was getting this treatment . . .
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