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
Aug 30, 2011, 9:44 am
#166
Join Date: May 1998
Programs: AAExecPlat MM, DL MM, HH Platinum
Posts: 509
This program has some serious bugs in it. I opted in, filled out the forms and got an email yesterday that I had been conditionally approved. HOWEVER, I have to schedule an interview in the next 30 days, which is going to be impossible because there is only one day in September that TSA is doing interviews in Dallas and my trips in the next 30 days are already ticketed and either no time to do it in Dallas on the available day or the trips are through other cities which don't now do the interviews or only do them before 4pm.
And to make it more interesting, there is no valid email address to contact them, and the basic canned response was not even relevant.
And to make it more interesting, there is no valid email address to contact them, and the basic canned response was not even relevant.
Aug 30, 2011, 9:57 am
#167
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: LAX
Posts: 6,769
This program has some serious bugs in it. I opted in, filled out the forms and got an email yesterday that I had been conditionally approved. HOWEVER, I have to schedule an interview in the next 30 days, which is going to be impossible because there is only one day in September that TSA is doing interviews in Dallas and my trips in the next 30 days are already ticketed and either no time to do it in Dallas on the available day or the trips are through other cities which don't now do the interviews or only do them before 4pm.
And to make it more interesting, there is no valid email address to contact them, and the basic canned response was not even relevant.
And to make it more interesting, there is no valid email address to contact them, and the basic canned response was not even relevant.
If GE, you're right about it being very hard to find time to interview at DFW. You can try other airports.
Aug 30, 2011, 10:35 am
#168
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2006
Programs: AAdvantage PP
Posts: 13,913
As I understand it the TSA Trusted Traveler Program is an experimental program being tested by the TSA with AA at MIA and one of the Security Entrances at DFW (as well as a pilot program with DL). Elite level flyers (I'm assuming for AA its EXPs and PLTs) will use an expedited Security Screening in which possibly flyers won't have to do some of the drill like take shoes off and take laptops out of their bag. IIRC the pilot program is set to begin this fall.
Aug 30, 2011, 10:39 am
#169
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: LAX
Posts: 6,769
As I understand it the TSA Trusted Traveler Program is an experimental program being tested by the TSA with AA at MIA and one of the Security Entrances at DFW (as well as a pilot program with DL). Elite level flyers (I'm assuming for AA its EXPs and PLTs) will use an expedited Security Screening in which possibly flyers won't have to do some of the drill like take shoes off and take laptops out of their bag. IIRC the pilot program is set to begin this fall.
Aug 30, 2011, 1:00 pm
#170
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: DCA's home, AA hubs and spokes are where you'll usually find me
Programs: AA EXP, SPG Plat
Posts: 367
It sounds like status flyers who were invited to the pilot but are not GE still have to jump through an interview and biometric data collection process before being fully approved. Interesting new twist if that's the case.
Aug 30, 2011, 1:03 pm
#171
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Hotlanta.
Programs: I've gone underground!
Posts: 4,604
That's not the case. Your FF membership number and status are all that matter for AA to interact with the TSA to have you sent to the no-grope line.
Aug 30, 2011, 1:05 pm
#172
Join Date: Sep 2006
Programs: AA LT Plat - 2MM;HH Diamond
Posts: 239
This program has some serious bugs in it. I opted in, filled out the forms and got an email yesterday that I had been conditionally approved. HOWEVER, I have to schedule an interview in the next 30 days, which is going to be impossible because there is only one day in September that TSA is doing interviews in Dallas and my trips in the next 30 days are already ticketed and either no time to do it in Dallas on the available day or the trips are through other cities which don't now do the interviews or only do them before 4pm.
And to make it more interesting, there is no valid email address to contact them, and the basic canned response was not even relevant.
And to make it more interesting, there is no valid email address to contact them, and the basic canned response was not even relevant.
Dan
Aug 30, 2011, 1:10 pm
#173
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2006
Programs: AAdvantage PP
Posts: 13,913
But if I can get in a Security Lane with no shoes off, no laptop out of the bag, ability to travel with liquids over 3.5 ounces and no Nude-O-Scan I would not care if they got my name off a bathroom stall.
Aug 30, 2011, 2:11 pm
#174
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 3,528
Now there may be pieces of the puzzle (requirements) that we do not see like for example a certain elite level (any GLDs out there invited?), length of time as an elite, residency restrictions, etc. Also, I assume that all names might be vetted through The Do Not Fly List and the like that TSA maintains
Whether AA knows if you are or not... I don't know
Aug 30, 2011, 2:47 pm
#176
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 3,528
I never filled that in...
So as an aside, if I get into the program via AA, any idea if I could use my number when flying on another airline out of one of the pilot airports? (e.g., Delta or AirTran out of DFW)
What happens if I cease to be an elite member?
So as an aside, if I get into the program via AA, any idea if I could use my number when flying on another airline out of one of the pilot airports? (e.g., Delta or AirTran out of DFW)
What happens if I cease to be an elite member?
Aug 30, 2011, 2:49 pm
#177
Join Date: May 1998
Programs: AAExecPlat MM, DL MM, HH Platinum
Posts: 509
The GOES Online Enrollment System has the GOES program (use Kiosk to bypass line at immigration,) and then a Trusted Traveler Program where you request a Global Entry Card to use at the border, etc., and it requires another interview. And, yes, if I were flying thru ORD with extra time, could schedule the interview, but not in this 30-day windepw. The pilot expedited screening program at DFW and MIA may or may not be part of GOES and trusted traveler, although the number you have to enter in the AA email to opt in is the same membership number for the Trusted Traveler program. I am totally confused
Aug 30, 2011, 2:51 pm
#178
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: ORF
Posts: 1,740
The GOES Online Enrollment System has the GOES program (use Kiosk to bypass line at immigration,) and then a Trusted Traveler Program where you request a Global Entry Card to use at the border, etc., and it requires another interview. And, yes, if I were flying thru ORD with extra time, could schedule the interview, but not in this 30-day windepw. The pilot expedited screening program at DFW and MIA may or may not be part of GOES and trusted traveler, although the number you have to enter in the AA email to opt in is the same membership number for the Trusted Traveler program. I am totally confused
Aug 30, 2011, 2:55 pm
#179
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: LAX
Posts: 6,769
The GOES Online Enrollment System has the GOES program (use Kiosk to bypass line at immigration,) and then a Trusted Traveler Program where you request a Global Entry Card to use at the border, etc., and it requires another interview. And, yes, if I were flying thru ORD with extra time, could schedule the interview, but not in this 30-day windepw. The pilot expedited screening program at DFW and MIA may or may not be part of GOES and trusted traveler, although the number you have to enter in the AA email to opt in is the same membership number for the Trusted Traveler program. I am totally confused