Expedited screening with TSA Pre✓ on Air Canada flights
Apr 29, 2014, 2:02 pm
#31
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I've had Pre check not granted b/c of the PAX name I entered. Have people had similar experience? My NEXUS has my middle name and when I entered them as initials Precheck doesn't recognize it. I looked back at my pre check approval on my BP and that was when only my first and last name was included.
Thoughts?
Gilbert
Thoughts?
Gilbert
Apr 29, 2014, 2:04 pm
#32
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Based on these two factors, especially the first one mentioned, I doubt the nexus lane will exclusively become the precheck lane.
Apr 29, 2014, 2:12 pm
#33
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Excellent news. Saw the word PreCheck on my boarding pass at MIA today and thought I was hallucinating for a moment.
Note that your print-at-home BP says ...
You've been cleared for TSA Pre✓. To use this service at a participating airport you must reprint your boarding pass at a self-serve kiosk (where applicable) or see an agent.
Note that your print-at-home BP says ...
You've been cleared for TSA Pre✓. To use this service at a participating airport you must reprint your boarding pass at a self-serve kiosk (where applicable) or see an agent.
Apr 29, 2014, 2:22 pm
#34
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Canadian citizens with Nexus are eligible for pre-check in the USA. Non-Nexus pre-check people will not be eligible to use the Nexus line at Canadian airports because of this announcement.
Apr 29, 2014, 2:44 pm
#35
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Apr 29, 2014, 7:49 pm
#38
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According to Ottawa Citizen article, for now PreCheck will not be available for on-line check-in.
link: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/busines...695/story.html
link: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/busines...695/story.html
Apr 29, 2014, 7:53 pm
#39
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The TSA Precheck section of US Homeland Security now has AC listed as a participating airline:
http://www.tsa.gov/tsa-precheck/faqs
http://www.tsa.gov/tsa-precheck/faqs
Apr 29, 2014, 8:13 pm
#40
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Happy to report that I checked-in at ORD today and that everything worked well, my boarding pass showing the TSA PRECHK CODE. It was busy with long lines at reg checkpoints ... but the Pre check had a 2 min waiting time when I was there ..A great improvement!
Apr 29, 2014, 8:34 pm
#42
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Guess it is time to start double checking boarding passes at CLE check in so I may redirect those who are eligible to the correct areas before I head off to DEN...
CLE 2 DEN
CLE 2 DEN
Apr 29, 2014, 9:06 pm
#43
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As an aside, it's amazing how uniformed people on facebook are, posting all sorts of bizarre negative comments about the TSA Pre announcement.
https://www.facebook.com/aircanada
https://www.facebook.com/aircanada
Apr 29, 2014, 10:54 pm
#44
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For an airline to join PreCheck, TSA obviously puts the burden on the airline -- and there's apparently a pretty significant IT investment required to make it work. Westjet is decidedly low tech when it comes to passenger-facing systems (basic online booking, zero mobile apps, a clunky "rewards" interface). Also, unlike AC and the major US carriers, their cross-border traffic is pretty heavily weighted towards leisure travellers. Probably not a big demand for PreCheck (or even an awareness of it!) among their Orlando- or Palm Springs-bound snowbirds.
Apr 30, 2014, 6:39 am
#45
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Some of the comments on that thread are odd. A lot are, actually. I feel empathy for AC's social media team.
Originally Posted by Diabeetus
As an aside, it's amazing how uniformed people on facebook are, posting all sorts of bizarre negative comments about the TSA Pre announcement.
https://www.facebook.com/aircanada
https://www.facebook.com/aircanada