Dec 26, 2012, 9:58 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
TSA Pre-Check / PreCheck Known Traveler program for AA FFs (consolidated)
You are eligible to be selected (on a flight-by-flight basis) for TSA PreCheck expedited screening if:
- You are a frequent American Airlines flyer that have been invited by American Airlines to participate and followed the instructions on the email to accept, or/and
- You participate in a "Trusted Traveler" program (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI and/or TSA PreCheck application program) and have entered your "Known Traveler ID" in the reservation
- If you're using your AAdvantage number, you can enter the "Known Traveler ID" in the Personal Information and Password tab of My Account) so it will auto-populate in all new reservations bearing the AAdvantage number made anywhere
- If your reservation doesn't have your AAdvantage number, you can retrieve it and add the "Known Traveler ID" to it. The method is not very intuitive: on AA.com click on my trips, then on view all, then on find my reservation and enter either the record locator (if you know it), or the flight information using the AA operating flight number (not any eventual codeshare number from another airline).
- Your Secure Flight Information (name, sex, DOB) in the reservation must match the one with the program (except for "middle" or other names, which are ignored) (name on ticket does not matter)
- You will find your "Known Traveler ID" on the GOES website or on your program's card, under the name "PASSID". It is either 9 digits or the letters TT plus 7 digits
NOTE: 20 May 2016: "Today’s announcement makes a total of 16 carriers that participate in TSA Pre✓®: Aeromexico, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Allegiant, American Airlines, Cape Air, Delta Air Lines, Etihad Airways, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Seaborne Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin America and WestJet.
Passengers who are eligible for TSA Pre✓® include: members of the TSA Pre✓® application program, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Trusted Traveler program, Global Entry, and Canadian citizens who are members of CBP’s NEXUS program. TSA Pre✓® is also available for U.S. Armed Forces service members, including those serving in the U.S. Coast Guard, Reserves and National Guard."
Link
How it works
In the Pre-Check lane, you no longer need to remove the following items:
- Shoes (some, such as steel-toed shoes, may require removal)
- 3-1-1 compliant bag from your carry-on (all liquid restrictions still apply)
- Laptop from your bag (if electronics are stacked on top of each other, they require removal)
- Light outerwear or jacket
- Belt (large belt buckles may require removal)
- Pre-Check Lanes are WTMD only-- No NoS in use
LOCATIONS
Link to FlyerGuide Wiki listing of American Airlines (only) PreCheck checkpoints.
Link to FT thread AA Airport / Concourse TSA PreCheck - Hours [only] (may not be current)
See also post 1 of this thread. (It contains much additional info in the Moderator's Note.)
NOTE: PreCheck is changing to a Trusted Traveler (GE/NEXUS/SENTRI) -like program, where anyone will be able apply and pay USD $85 (online or at a PreCheck enrollment center), be vetted for approval, present proof of identification and be fingerprinted at a PreCheck enrollment center (IAD and IND, opening Fall 2013, will be thie first), and be granted PreCheck status for five years from that time. It will not be airline - or airline status - tied.
"Current PreCheck participants, including those eligible via a CBP Trusted Traveler Program such as Global Entry, will continue to receive PreCheck eligibility. Participants who opted-in through their airline frequent flyer program may want to consider applying for PreCheck, as they are more likely to be selected for PreCheck expedited screening more often if they are vetted via the PreCheck application process." Link.
Trusted Traveler (Global Entry, Nexus, Sentri) and Having Problems with PreCheck?
If you belong to one of the Trusted Traveler Programs listed above, you may run into issues getting PreCheck clearance if your Secure Flight Data is not an exact match to the data that you entered into your application on the GOES (Global Online Enrollment System) website when you applied for your TT membership.
For example, if your airline account has Bob Jones, but your GOES account has Bob James Jones, then the TSA may not be associating your information properly when it "decides" who can and can not have access. Additionally, if your PASS ID # (listed above in the screen-shots) is not an exact match, there will be a mismatch when TSA processes your information, and you will not receive PreCheck.
To ensure you receive PreCheck on all flights (domestic & internatioal), be sure to ensure the information in your AA profile is accurate. The name on the ticket does not matter- the "Secure Flight Data" is what is used to determine PreCheck status.
Signed in members with 90 days / 90 posts can edit this Wikipost; wiki contents may be printed by using the
(lower right wiki corner)TSA Pre✓® / PreCheck / Pre Check Issues, Changes, etc.
Known issues:
- Not every airport or terminal offers the TSA Pre✓® program
- TSA Pre✓® may have limited or irregular hours or closed at times without notice
- TSA Pre✓® members are still be subject to random selection for intensified screening
- TSA Pre✓® program has changed from an airline elite invitation program to a fee-based program with certain screening requirements
- If one's TSA Pre✓® status is from the pilot invitation program and one doesn't have a Known Traveler Number ("KTN"), TSA Pre✓® status may not carry on to another airline and one may experience increasing denials (not having the TSA Pre✓® printed on boarding pass and being sent to the regular TSA screening queues
Link to TSA Application Program and TSA Pre✓® program information, links
Changes to TSA Pre✓®
TSA Pre✓® was originally offered by certain airlines to their elite status members. These TSA Pre✓® members do not have a Known Traveler Number from a USDHS trusted traveler program (GOES / Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI or the new $85 fee based TSA Pre✓® Application Program offered to the flying public with 5 year renewal), making TSA Pre✓® status portability challenging. See the DHS Trusted Traveler programs listing and comparison chart here. Please read the following:
From American Airlines, April 2015:
This month, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is making changes to the TSA Pre✓® Trusted Traveler Program that will impact which travelers receive expedited screening. If you're not already a member of one of the Trusted Traveler programs like Global Entry or the TSA Pre✓® Application Program, you will probably see a decline in how often you receive expedited screening, even if you've previously "opted-in" through a frequent flyer program.
The best way to increase your chances of receiving TSA Pre✓® on a regular basis is to register for a Trusted Traveler Program with the Department of Homeland Security at dhs.gov/tt. Once you receive your Known Traveler Number (KTN) from TSA, be sure you update your AAdvantage profile.
To add your KTN to your AAdvantage profile:For more information on TSA Pre✓®, visit tsa.gov/tsa-precheck.
This month, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is making changes to the TSA Pre✓® Trusted Traveler Program that will impact which travelers receive expedited screening. If you're not already a member of one of the Trusted Traveler programs like Global Entry or the TSA Pre✓® Application Program, you will probably see a decline in how often you receive expedited screening, even if you've previously "opted-in" through a frequent flyer program.
The best way to increase your chances of receiving TSA Pre✓® on a regular basis is to register for a Trusted Traveler Program with the Department of Homeland Security at dhs.gov/tt. Once you receive your Known Traveler Number (KTN) from TSA, be sure you update your AAdvantage profile.
To add your KTN to your AAdvantage profile:
- Login to your account on aa.com and select My Account from the AAdvantage menu
- Within My Account, go to the Information and Password tab
- Add your Customs and Border Protection 9-digit PASS ID to your secure traveler information
[Archived] TSA Pre-Check / PreCheck Known Traveler program for AA FFs
Mar 21, 2012, 12:47 pm
#1531
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: ORD, LAX, LHR
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Posts: 974
Near term, absolutely more staffing, but my thought is that the TSA Pre line should be able to process more people on the same equipment with fewer people, since they won't have to move around nearly as many bins, do as many separate checks of bags, fewer pat-downs, get people moved through fasters, etc. I'm thinking about it from purely a long term perspective, needing fewer staff doing/just on the other side of security.
Mar 21, 2012, 5:02 pm
#1533
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: ORD/PSP
Programs: AA LT Plat, 6.0 MM, Marriott LT Platinum
Posts: 1,002
And, if the latter, when the PA line is painfully long is it worth bailing out and trying again with a new BP?
Mar 21, 2012, 5:10 pm
#1534
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: ORD/PSP
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The BP checker at LAX seemed very flustered when I went through there. A guy cleared just before me and then I cleared. For both of us, he seemed quite surprised, muttering "it's usually only every 8th or 9th person who clears; they must have changed something." Strange.
Mar 21, 2012, 5:28 pm
#1535
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 131
They're using the lane that used to be solely for ORD employees and flight crew. It has a little swinging gate at the beginning of the line and another right by the BP/ID check podium. They also have a BP scanner right at the beginning of that area, the entrance to the priority checkpoint, where the little 4' lady with the red jacket used to be. Now they scan your BP there and tell you which line to get into, regular priority or Pre. System seems well laid out and appears to work well. It wasn't especially crowded (except for the 8 million observers) when I went through.
Mar 21, 2012, 5:35 pm
#1536
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: AS MVP, PriorityPass, Global Entry
Posts: 748
Shouldn't be an issue. General rule is that if you are Pre eligible, you can go to the Pre checkpoint. The only real reason they put it at the checkpoints they do is that the majority of Pre eligible people can use the checkpoints they are at anyways.
Mar 21, 2012, 6:48 pm
#1537
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,934
CLEAR back again??? why now, since there's now PreCheck???
So above this thread I see this ad:
I used to have an interest in CLEAR when it was the only thing around, and the only thing mentioned as a possibility of being around in the future. But now that there's PreCheck, doesn't that make CLEAR obsolete (except for a temporary difference in airports)? Or is CLEAR (without saying so) pitching itself as an alternative to GE/NEXUS/SENTRI for getting PreCheck?
(It currently isn't in an AA hub, but it's says on their site that it's coming to DFW soon. No mention that I could find though of where at DFW.)
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I click on it, and it says that after shutting down in 2009, it's now been resurrected. But why? $79 for something that is separate from PreCheck? (PreCheck is already available at more airports, yet there's no mention I can find on that CLEAR site that PreCheck exists at all, nor therefore how the new CLEAR does or doesn't integrate with PreCheck once both are at the same airport.)CLEAR Gets Past Airport SecurityFaster.
Learn More & Enroll Today!
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I used to have an interest in CLEAR when it was the only thing around, and the only thing mentioned as a possibility of being around in the future. But now that there's PreCheck, doesn't that make CLEAR obsolete (except for a temporary difference in airports)? Or is CLEAR (without saying so) pitching itself as an alternative to GE/NEXUS/SENTRI for getting PreCheck?
(It currently isn't in an AA hub, but it's says on their site that it's coming to DFW soon. No mention that I could find though of where at DFW.)
Mar 21, 2012, 7:22 pm
#1538
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Los Angeles
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Posts: 748
I used to have an interest in CLEAR when it was the only thing around, and the only thing mentioned as a possibility of being around in the future. But now that there's PreCheck, doesn't that make CLEAR obsolete (except for a temporary difference in airports)? Or is CLEAR (without saying so) pitching itself as an alternative to GE/NEXUS/SENTRI for getting PreCheck?
Now they want to expand to more airports, which as a company makes sense, although I imagine that PreCheck makes things more difficult for them.
I did see an article recently that mentioned they are trying to work with the TSA to find some kind of combined value, but I don't think even they know what the long term will hold.
As of now, they are completely separate programs. TSA PreCheck gets you accelerated security itself, and maybe accelerated access to the ID checker (depending on the airport).
CLEAR on the other hand gets you past the point of ID checking faster, but doesn't help with security (ie X-Rays, body check, etc) at all.
As of now, there is no situation where they are at the same airport, so it remains to be seen what will happen once that situation occurs.
Mar 22, 2012, 5:26 am
#1539
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: MIA/LAS
Programs: AA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Starwood PLT
Posts: 572
Mar 22, 2012, 11:55 am
#1540
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Dallas, TX
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Posts: 425
When I was flying out of DFW earlier this week, I was told by the TSA manager that Pre-check would be coming to both the A and D terminals in May. Great news, but no love for Terminal B yet.
Mar 22, 2012, 3:48 pm
#1541
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: ORD
Programs: AA Plat / HH Diamond
Posts: 192
Mar 22, 2012, 4:12 pm
#1542
FlyerTalk Evangelist
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Meanwhile, since Terminal B is (IIRC) all-Eagle, doesn't it by definition have way fewer passengers per hour than any of the other Terminals? (They may have room for slightly more gates at Terminal B than the others if all the gates are spaced for only RJs, but even if so, they can't make up the difference between RJ seat capacity and capacity of the smallest mainline jets.)
I might even expect Terminal E (for other airlines' benefit) before Terminal B.
Mar 22, 2012, 6:39 pm
#1543
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 8
Went through the little swinging precheck gate at ORD today for 1st time. Fantastic! Was going to remark that this must be how entering airports used to be but this is even better given special uncrowded line and dedicated staff (happy staff since they know you are happy).
Mar 22, 2012, 7:22 pm
#1544
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: ORD/PSP
Programs: AA LT Plat, 6.0 MM, Marriott LT Platinum
Posts: 1,002
Well, used to be you wandered in with family, all strolled down to the gate together and you hugged goodbye and boarded when it was your turn.
Mar 23, 2012, 1:13 am
#1545
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: LAX
Posts: 6,769
I went through Pre-check at LAX today. There was a separate line leading up to the BP scanner different from the PA line, but they merge right before the scanner. Of course, you would have to merge, and the tons of people in the PA line gave me scowls as though I was cutting the line; there was no one in the Pre-check line.