Expedited screening with TSA Pre✓ on Air Canada flights
May 6, 2014, 6:43 am
#76
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So, most likely no Precheck. On the plus side, you get to use the Delta lounge which is better than United Club.
May 6, 2014, 9:14 am
#78
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At SFO, only Terminals 1, 2 and 3 have Precheck. International A & G do not. However, Terminal 3 and International G are connected past security, so that's why "it depends". AC uses G gates before 8am and after 3pm, A gates in between those times.
So, most likely no Precheck. On the plus side, you get to use the Delta lounge which is better than United Club.
So, most likely no Precheck. On the plus side, you get to use the Delta lounge which is better than United Club.
May 6, 2014, 10:38 am
#79
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I can't speak for A, but G definitely has it. Sometimes it's a dedicated line, and other times (like when I usually travel), it's the document checker shouting "THIS GUY IS PRE CHECK" to someone else, which allows them to go through the WTMD instead of the nude-o-scope.
May 6, 2014, 11:44 am
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I'll be trying it Thursday afternoon, and I'll also report back then.
May 7, 2014, 8:21 pm
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Just checked in for my flight out of SFO. No notice about Pre✓. I'll get the BP reprinted at the airport tomorrow anyway.
I wonder if I entered something wrong
I wonder if I entered something wrong
May 7, 2014, 8:27 pm
#82
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Precheck won't show on OLCI boarding passes yet. You have to reprint your BP at a kiosk or with an agent.
I flew out of SFO on Sunday, checked in online and then re-printed by BP using the kiosk. Used my passport during checkin, but the kiosk still prompts for a Known Traveller #. Worked like a charm and was able to bypass the long line for document check at G security.
I flew out of SFO on Sunday, checked in online and then re-printed by BP using the kiosk. Used my passport during checkin, but the kiosk still prompts for a Known Traveller #. Worked like a charm and was able to bypass the long line for document check at G security.
May 7, 2014, 8:35 pm
#83
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Just got my first PRECHK AC BP today flying out of DCA ^
Had to print out at a kiosk, as expected. When doing web check-in there is notation under the BP image, something like "You've been clear for TSA Pre✓, but you need to print out your BP at the airport".
Worked like a charm. I love this!
Had to print out at a kiosk, as expected. When doing web check-in there is notation under the BP image, something like "You've been clear for TSA Pre✓, but you need to print out your BP at the airport".
Worked like a charm. I love this!
May 7, 2014, 8:43 pm
#84
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Just got my first PRECHK AC BP today flying out of DCA ^
Had to print out at a kiosk, as expected. When doing web check-in there is notation under the BP image, something like "You've been clear for TSA Pre✓, but you need to print out your BP at the airport".
Worked like a charm. I love this!
Had to print out at a kiosk, as expected. When doing web check-in there is notation under the BP image, something like "You've been clear for TSA Pre✓, but you need to print out your BP at the airport".
Worked like a charm. I love this!
May 7, 2014, 8:44 pm
#85
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So I just went back through OLCI, and what do I notice?
* 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 available) or see an agent.
May 7, 2014, 9:25 pm
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May 7, 2014, 10:23 pm
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Good catch as in some US locations they like to pull that small stub off for their security records.
If they keep the larger part and we need to submit a claim for luggage or missing points they want a boarding pass so our names are now gone if they keep the larger part.
I will need to print two BP then, just in case
May 8, 2014, 8:04 am
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Good catch as in some US locations they like to pull that small stub off for their security records.
If they keep the larger part and we need to submit a claim for luggage or missing points they want a boarding pass so our names are now gone if they keep the larger part.
I will need to print two BP then, just in case
If they keep the larger part and we need to submit a claim for luggage or missing points they want a boarding pass so our names are now gone if they keep the larger part.
I will need to print two BP then, just in case
May 8, 2014, 8:12 am
#89
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I can't speak for A, but G definitely has it. Sometimes it's a dedicated line, and other times (like when I usually travel), it's the document checker shouting "THIS GUY IS PRE CHECK" to someone else, which allows them to go through the WTMD instead of the nude-o-scope.
Even if G doesn't at certain times, the F checkpoint in Terminal 3 is now during all flight hours and you can take the airside pedway back to the G gates.
May 8, 2014, 9:02 am
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I can speak for A gates at SFO! Much to my surprise, they had a Pre line last Sat when I was catching AC 563. No line whatsoever--was awesome.
Even if G doesn't at certain times, the F checkpoint in Terminal 3 is now during all flight hours and you can take the airside pedway back to the G gates.
Even if G doesn't at certain times, the F checkpoint in Terminal 3 is now during all flight hours and you can take the airside pedway back to the G gates.
Then walk not just "all the way" to G, but past G, and to 3. And then walk back to G?
No thanks
Anyway, I'll have a report on my experience within 9 hours
