Dec 26, 2012, 9:58 pm
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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
Apr 2, 2012, 2:55 pm
#1651
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Got it returning from LHR on BA last month. Didn't get it on a return from NRT a few weeks earlier. Never have had SSSS before this. Ever. Is this a valid data point? Maybe, maybe not.
No international trips planned for a few months, so no way to immediately tell.
FWIW, I have GE, but don't have that number in my AA profile. My PreCheck is based solely on my AAdvantage Status. I was waiting to add it if I was getting a lot of rejects with the current data they have.
No international trips planned for a few months, so no way to immediately tell.
FWIW, I have GE, but don't have that number in my AA profile. My PreCheck is based solely on my AAdvantage Status. I was waiting to add it if I was getting a lot of rejects with the current data they have.
Okay, thanks.
Upon reflection, here is what I think is happening:
"Back in the day," the individual airline computers were in charge of determing who would get SSSS. And so, the airlines used information it collected on pax, such as:
- how ticket was purchased (cc, cash, vouchers, etc)
- how recently the ticket was purchased (walk-up vs. months ago, etc)
- type of ticket (round-trip vs. one-way)
- whether pax had any status
As a result, under this old system, the airlines could prevent their elite members from ever getting SSSS by simply making status a canceling variable.
But, under the NEW system (since GlobalEntry has gotten big, and PreCheck was introduced), only the US Government, specifically DHS computers, determines who gets SSSS. The Government doesn't care what kind of relationship/status you have with individual airlines, so it instead creates a profile based on a broader risk assessment:
- patterns of travel
- frequency of travel
- destinations of travel
- time overseas
- last-minute purchases
- etc
The above is my hypothesis about what is happening, especially after hearing from fellow FTer elites that they have been getting SSSS after never having gotten it before, once they signed up for PreCheck.
It is a LOUSY situation. And I'm still not sure if I should write to DHS/TSA to ask them to check my record for flags. I think elites should still be exempt, ESPECIALLY those who went to all the extra effort to get the background checks and expense for NEXUS/GE/etc.
Apr 2, 2012, 3:16 pm
#1652
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: DCA | DEN
Programs: AA EXP/2.9mm | Marriott LT Titanium 1.6k nights | NEXUS
Posts: 981
Okay, thanks.
Upon reflection, here is what I think is happening:
"Back in the day," the individual airline computers were in charge of determing who would get SSSS.....The above is my hypothesis about what is happening, especially after hearing from fellow FTer elites that they have been getting SSSS after never having gotten it before, once they signed up for PreCheck.
Upon reflection, here is what I think is happening:
"Back in the day," the individual airline computers were in charge of determing who would get SSSS.....The above is my hypothesis about what is happening, especially after hearing from fellow FTer elites that they have been getting SSSS after never having gotten it before, once they signed up for PreCheck.
http://www.tsa.gov/assets/pdf/secure...final_rule.pdf
Page 3 indicates that since 2008 it's been TSA:
"After the Secure Flight program completes the comparison of passenger information, TSA will return to the covered aircraft operators the boarding
pass printing result to allow the aircraft operators to begin the process for
issuing boarding passes to passengers. The boarding pass printing result for
each passenger will return one of the following instructions to the covered
aircraft operator regarding that passenger: (1) The covered aircraft
operator may issue an unrestricted boarding pass; (2) the aircraft operator
may issue a boarding pass indicating that the passenger has been selected for
enhanced screening; (3) or the covered aircraft operator may not issue a
boarding pass to the passenger, and the passenger must come to the airport for resolution."
Apr 2, 2012, 4:38 pm
#1653
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: DFW
Programs: AA (EXP), HH (Diamond), SPG (Platinum), HGP (Diamond), National Car (Exec Elite)
Posts: 153
Both the wife AND I both got LLL in LAS on Sunday (4/1).
Great setup there, that should be used at my home (DFW): Use PA line, TSA there eaerly to just scan boarding pass for LLL, if you get it you head down Precheck line, if not, continue down PA line, if LLL another TSA agent checks credentials and you go through security the fun way.
TSA agent said it is unusual for both companions to get LLL and that we were lucky.
We are both GE, I was invited as PLT, wife was not invited since she has had no status (just completed PLT challenge though); we just added her recent GE number to her AA profile.
Great setup there, that should be used at my home (DFW): Use PA line, TSA there eaerly to just scan boarding pass for LLL, if you get it you head down Precheck line, if not, continue down PA line, if LLL another TSA agent checks credentials and you go through security the fun way.
TSA agent said it is unusual for both companions to get LLL and that we were lucky.
We are both GE, I was invited as PLT, wife was not invited since she has had no status (just completed PLT challenge though); we just added her recent GE number to her AA profile.
Apr 2, 2012, 7:05 pm
#1654
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Los Angeles, CA - Nearly 4 Million Actual Miles Flown
Posts: 5,522
JFK needs setup like LAX for the TSA Pre-Check line.
I'm not happy with the Pre Check setup at JFK. It's not like LA, which has the Pre Check line right next to the first class priority access line.
At JFK, you are mixed with the First Class / Priority Line Agent until you get to the agent. You still stand the 20 minutes in line at JFK to get to the TSA agent, and then, you get to go through pre check if you don't receive the random bye. Meanwhile, the TSA agents in the Pre Check line just stand their waiting for another qualified pax to clear. Today, it was one about every 5 minutes. We could have all gone to the pre check line had they had it.
At JFK, you are mixed with the First Class / Priority Line Agent until you get to the agent. You still stand the 20 minutes in line at JFK to get to the TSA agent, and then, you get to go through pre check if you don't receive the random bye. Meanwhile, the TSA agents in the Pre Check line just stand their waiting for another qualified pax to clear. Today, it was one about every 5 minutes. We could have all gone to the pre check line had they had it.
Apr 2, 2012, 7:43 pm
#1655
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: ORD, SJD, VNO, sandy places
Programs: AA 1.2MM BIS 'LT' Gld, BA Bronze, AA Plat, now considering SWA.....
Posts: 451
I have had my GE card now for over a year.
Where/how does one get an 'EZPass" thru TSA @ O'Hairy ???
Where/how does one get an 'EZPass" thru TSA @ O'Hairy ???
Apr 2, 2012, 7:56 pm
#1656
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: ORD
Programs: AA EXP; UA 1K; SPG Gold
Posts: 84
Used this at ORD T3 this morning. It was unbelievably efficient, like a time machine to a pre-9/11 world. I guess the TSA has figured out how to buy off the most frequent flyers/loudest complainers.
Apr 2, 2012, 8:50 pm
#1657
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: AS MVP, PriorityPass, Global Entry
Posts: 748
Apr 2, 2012, 9:21 pm
#1658
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: san jose,calif
Programs: AA explat,Adm Club,Priority Club, and all nonsense in my comic book mind.
Posts: 747
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I have had my GE card now for over a year. ...
I have had my GE card now for over a year.
Where/how does one get an 'EZPass" thru TSA @ O'Hairy ???
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I have had my GE card now for over a year. ...
I have had my GE card now for over a year.
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I have had my GE card now for over a year. ...
I have had my GE card now for over a year.
Where/how does one get an 'EZPass" thru TSA @ O'Hairy ???
Forum: American AAdvantage Today, 7:50 pm
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TSA Pre-Check Trusted Traveler pilot program for AA elite / FFs (consolidated)
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Posted By meballard
I have had my GE card now for over a year. ...
I have had my GE card now for over a year.
Where/how does one get an 'EZPass" thru TSA @ O'Hairy ???
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Apr 2, 2012, 10:37 pm
#1659
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Location: Seattle
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Received the Precheck invitation via email. My use of the approved airports is minimal so not sure it is worth it. Also, I travel with a CPAP which must come out of the bag and is often checked for residue. Has anyone using a CPAP had any experience with Precheck?
Apr 2, 2012, 10:40 pm
#1660
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: ORD, LAX, LHR
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Posts: 974
I don't use a CPAP machine myself, but one thing I have noted is that the spiel they give when you go through Pre is that they ask you if you have a CPAP machine and tell you that it still must come out and go on the conveyor by itself.
Apr 2, 2012, 11:26 pm
#1661
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: AS MVP, PriorityPass, Global Entry
Posts: 748
Regardless of infrequency of use of airports that support it, it is very unlikely there will be any negative to accepting the invitation, with definite potential benefits when flying out of PreCheck airports (while you would potentially have to pull the CPAP out, you wouldn't have to pull anything else out, plus not having to pull everything else off your body).
Apr 3, 2012, 12:19 am
#1662
Join Date: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,046
tsa pre?
I received the pre offer by AA, but am a perm resident greencard holder. can I participate if I received this email? I am already enrolled and approved in the Global Entry program - not sure if this means I have a CBP number already. I was told when I got Global Entry, the TSA pre is restricted to US citizens, so i'm curious why AA are sending this to me, or is it the case this is a special invite, despite me not being a US citizen, merely a greencard holder?
Apr 3, 2012, 12:40 am
#1663
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MVPG 75K
Posts: 2,574
I received the pre offer by AA, but am a perm resident greencard holder. can I participate if I received this email? I am already enrolled and approved in the Global Entry program - not sure if this means I have a CBP number already. I was told when I got Global Entry, the TSA pre is restricted to US citizens, so i'm curious why AA are sending this to me, or is it the case this is a special invite, despite me not being a US citizen, merely a greencard holder?
Apr 3, 2012, 4:55 am
#1664
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: USA
Programs: AA-CK, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 1,449
On the other hand clearing Immigration Customs yesterday in ORD after arriving from HKG in under 2 minutes with GE PRICELESS
Apr 3, 2012, 5:49 am
#1665
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: jfk area
Programs: AA platinum; 2MM AA, Delta Diamond, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 10,291
I'm not happy with the Pre Check setup at JFK. It's not like LA, which has the Pre Check line right next to the first class priority access line.
At JFK, you are mixed with the First Class / Priority Line Agent until you get to the agent. You still stand the 20 minutes in line at JFK to get to the TSA agent, and then, you get to go through pre check if you don't receive the random bye. Meanwhile, the TSA agents in the Pre Check line just stand their waiting for another qualified pax to clear. Today, it was one about every 5 minutes. We could have all gone to the pre check line had they had it.
At JFK, you are mixed with the First Class / Priority Line Agent until you get to the agent. You still stand the 20 minutes in line at JFK to get to the TSA agent, and then, you get to go through pre check if you don't receive the random bye. Meanwhile, the TSA agents in the Pre Check line just stand their waiting for another qualified pax to clear. Today, it was one about every 5 minutes. We could have all gone to the pre check line had they had it.
[Note: Pax heading to the TSA lines, seem to all go the PA lane first, only to be sent to the "others" line--sometimes the PA line (initially) can be 50 deep.]