Originally Posted by
DutchessPDX
Security after international arrivals, SFO. We're arriving from SFO from Europe in a couple weeks. I've done this dozens of time before and have always wondered. When you pass immigration and customs, for connecting flights it dumps you out into a security line to clear security for your next flight and sometimes that line is ridiculously long. I've always wondered, as someone with TSA pre, doesn't it make sense to walk down a little further and just go through the normal TSA pre security line? I'm also gold so I have access to the premier check in line.
Not sure what you're referring to, as there's no special transit security checkpoint at SFO. The closest checkpoint to the "Connecting Flights" exit is F3, which is now open only very limited hours and currently lacks Pre (but did offer it pre-covid). If you keep going, you'll hit F1 checkpoint, which has Pre. You could also backtrack to International G security, there's Pre there as well.
This does sound like IAH though, where there's a specific transit security checkpoint, which lacks Pre. IAD similar with the midfield checkpoint.