Originally Posted by
Georgia Peach
if you link your reservations, wouldn't that allow your granddaughter to go thru the precheck line with you? Also, make sure you have documentation she has her parents' permission to travel with you, and medical permission should it be needed.
what do you mean?
people in this forum speak of ‘linking’ reservations as if it is an actual thing. The only thing you can do to ‘link’ a reservation is to have a note added. If an agent is looking, they might see it, but in reality, does nothing. It won’t change anything ‘the system’ does, and any agent caring to look at the notes can do anything separately the same, note or not. Automated rebooking in case of IRROPs, for example, may by chance rebook on the same alternate flight, or very well may not. Calling to get you both on the same flight is something an agent can do no matter what.
TSA will not care that you are traveling together. If one does not have pre-check on the BP, they won’t get to go in Precheck line. Minors traveling with parents who have Precheck on the same reservation will also show pre-check on the BP so will be able to go through.
Originally Posted by
Hawkeyefan
Did the rules on minors and Precheck change recently. My 15 year old daughter enrolled and has her own TTN now, as I was under the impression 13 or older needed their own TTN and could not accompany parents with precheck any longer?
I thought it was 12 and under also. Our whole family, including 9 and 6 yo have had Nexus since kids were <1 though, so really haven’t thought about this since our kids get it no issues anyway.
Originally Posted by
BlueZebra
Hope the OP isn't going to try bringing their minor relative back through GE on the return to the US. That won't work either...have seen teenagers who didn't have GE being made to go stand in the very long, regular line, even though the parents, who have GE, breezed through Immigration.
What kind of parents would do this? Either get GE for the kid or use MPC or wait in regular line together.
Originally Posted by
hughw
I think I have that one covered. We have GE. She doesn't. But I downloaded Mobile Passport Control (MPC) and from all I've read, it's just about as fast as having GE. I add everyone in my party to my app with scanned passports, etc. , get a QR Code, then go through a special line where they photo you (like in GE) and that's pretty much it.
MPC is the smarter way to do this, probably, so you are definitely on the right track here. For the record, for anyone who is interested, bringing a non-GE member with you through GE line, even your own kids, is likely a great way to lose your own GE.
also for the record, GE is now free to minors (<18, IMO), so worth getting a membership now for the kid. Even if we had to pay for it for all 4 of our family, would be well worth it for us, given our travel patterns.