Originally Posted by
EQDsSUCK
My point is if you want to go from Customs to the domestic secure area of the airport, its much easier to go through the "TSA Recheck" point (yes, that's what they call it), rather than going out doors post-Customs into the main non-secure area of the airport with the ticket counters, and having to go through the TSA checkpoint there.
In IAH find it much easier to drop bags then exit the terminal and go up to the non-recheck TSA line. The recheck line at IAH is notoriously unreliable in terms of time to get through, and as noted upthread, has no Pre-Check. When I was there last weekend, and forgot to leave, they were trying out two new methods of putting folks through the line, that resulted significant confusion, more than usual TSA agent yelling, and a really long wait for them to "clear" the folks who didn't get the special screen from the line.
Since you're staying overnight, you won't go through re-check, but thought I'd add this data point since it was brought up.