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Old Feb 28, 2022 | 6:12 pm
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Originally Posted by FlyingEgghead
Interesting -- my understanding was that in those combined lines, you typically get "PreCheck-light", which applies to your person (i.e., you go through the metal detector rather than the full body scanner, and keep on your shoes, jacket, etc.) but not to your bags (i.e., you still have to take out your laptop). This is because the laminated paper stays with you and you give it to the metal detector agent, but they don't have a way to associate PreCheck with your bag as it goes through the X-ray along with non-PreCheck bags.
Unless that rule is specific to IAH, it's definitely not the case. ONT (my home airport) has the dedicated precheck line closed often, even pre-covid, due to lack of volume in morning and evening, so I go through the combined line with the laminated page, and I have always got normal precheck behavior, laptop stays in the bag, non-puffy light jackets stay on, toiletries stay in the bag, and shoes stay on.
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