Originally Posted by
gq_dq
Well I did call the JFK main airport number and the response was "that's what they have told us" that as long as I have a same day boarding pass out of any terminal then I should be able to also enter any other... let's see... for whatevver reason from elsewhere on the web it appears T1 can be a problem despite what the official TSA policy is.
One thing to keep in mind is that there are two points of potential rejection at a US security line: the entry point and the actual TSA station. The people manning the entry point of the security line are not TSA officers and are generally employed by a company who has a contract with the airline or airport. In my experience these people (and/or their supervisors) make up their own rules in terms of who can access the security checkpoint. So while TSA may allow access at any terminal, the "line police" may try and stop access. That could be the disconnect you read about at Terminal 1 (I recall a thread in the AA forum of this happening at JFK T8 as well).