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: "Todays 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 CBPs 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 21, 2012, 7:38 am
#1846
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NYC
Posts: 27,322
If you are enrolled in the program (in my instance via Global Entry), and your boarding pass does not scan with the "LLL" Pre-Check go-ahead, is there some other indication that will enable you go get to the front of the (regular) line? I don't have elite status at the moment 
so if I'm randomized out of the program, I could be looking at a potentially long wait if they shunt me into the general population line. I, like jamienbaker, do like to have some visibility into what the process would be.
I'm less concerned about having to take off my shoes / take out my laptop (though that's obviously a time-saving benefit), and more concerned about having to wait in a long line.
At the DL security line in SLC, they asked if I had a Global Entry card (I don't, was enrolled prior to that being included and I don't drive to Canada), implying that the card could get me through, although it turned out my BP did scan with LLL. My partner's did not, but they let him cut to the first class line, presumably because he was with me. If he was on his own, I'd be worried (he also has GE).
so if I'm randomized out of the program, I could be looking at a potentially long wait if they shunt me into the general population line. I, like jamienbaker, do like to have some visibility into what the process would be.I'm less concerned about having to take off my shoes / take out my laptop (though that's obviously a time-saving benefit), and more concerned about having to wait in a long line.
At the DL security line in SLC, they asked if I had a Global Entry card (I don't, was enrolled prior to that being included and I don't drive to Canada), implying that the card could get me through, although it turned out my BP did scan with LLL. My partner's did not, but they let him cut to the first class line, presumably because he was with me. If he was on his own, I'd be worried (he also has GE).
Apr 21, 2012, 7:50 am
#1847
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: STL
Programs: AA 2MM, AS MVP Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 12,966
If you are enrolled in the program (in my instance via Global Entry), and your boarding pass does not scan with the "LLL" Pre-Check go-ahead, is there some other indication that will enable you go get to the front of the (regular) line? I don't have elite status at the moment so if I'm randomized out of the program, I could be looking at a potentially long wait if they shunt me into the general population line. I, like jamienbaker, do like to have some visibility into what the process would be.
I'm less concerned about having to take off my shoes / take out my laptop (though that's obviously a time-saving benefit), and more concerned about having to wait in a long line.
At the DL security line in SLC, they asked if I had a Global Entry card (I don't, was enrolled prior to that being included and I don't drive to Canada), implying that the card could get me through, although it turned out my BP did scan with LLL. My partner's did not, but they let him cut to the first class line, presumably because he was with me. If he was on his own, I'd be worried (he also has GE).
so if I'm randomized out of the program, I could be looking at a potentially long wait if they shunt me into the general population line. I, like jamienbaker, do like to have some visibility into what the process would be.I'm less concerned about having to take off my shoes / take out my laptop (though that's obviously a time-saving benefit), and more concerned about having to wait in a long line.
At the DL security line in SLC, they asked if I had a Global Entry card (I don't, was enrolled prior to that being included and I don't drive to Canada), implying that the card could get me through, although it turned out my BP did scan with LLL. My partner's did not, but they let him cut to the first class line, presumably because he was with me. If he was on his own, I'd be worried (he also has GE).
Apr 21, 2012, 8:55 am
#1848
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: MIA/LAS
Programs: AA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Starwood PLT
Posts: 572
9 out of 17 at MIA Airport, and I think it's been perfect since they installed the new lane in D Concourse all the way to the left where the TSAgent checks your boading pass before you even get to the line-up.
Apr 21, 2012, 9:48 am
#1849
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: AA SPG Amex
Posts: 4,644
I am only familiar with the situation at LAX. There are two escalators up from the checkin area to TSA screening - one for First/Business/Elite and one for everyone else. You would need to use the Premium escalator to use the PreCheck system. The Premium escalator has an employee stationed at the bottom of it, checking boarding passes to make sure that everyone going up that escalator is someone who should be going up it. Your boarding pass would have nothing on it that indicates that you are PreCheck qualified. It the boarding pass doesn't indicate that you are First, Business, or Elite, I suspect you would be turned away, as the employee would basically have to take your word for it that you belonged in the premium line. Other airports might have different physical setups.
Apr 21, 2012, 11:52 am
#1850
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MVPG 75K
Posts: 2,574
Just a data point...
PDX Pre-Check starts 5/15 but they are scanning folks' BP's to keep tabs on how many would be eligible for it.
I was booked on an AS reservation, AS ticket stock, AS flight # but my AA AAdvantage number and it showed me as "LLL" when the BP was scanned, which bodes well for other AA FFers who at least have Pre Check access as part of Global Entry (which was my case) - AS appears to be pulling secure flight info from AA tied to my FF#.
There's no other way AS would have had this info as I haven't registered for this through Alaska directly (nor do I even have an AS FF#).
PDX Pre-Check starts 5/15 but they are scanning folks' BP's to keep tabs on how many would be eligible for it.
I was booked on an AS reservation, AS ticket stock, AS flight # but my AA AAdvantage number and it showed me as "LLL" when the BP was scanned, which bodes well for other AA FFers who at least have Pre Check access as part of Global Entry (which was my case) - AS appears to be pulling secure flight info from AA tied to my FF#.
There's no other way AS would have had this info as I haven't registered for this through Alaska directly (nor do I even have an AS FF#).
Apr 21, 2012, 3:58 pm
#1851
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold but PlatPro thanks to LPs
Posts: 4,440
Possession of the GE card could potentially get me past the main long line into a Pre-Check eligible line.
Apr 21, 2012, 4:00 pm
#1852
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,572
I, similarly, got GE before they issued ID cards and before GE became hooked up with Pre-Check. I spent the $15 to get myself a GE ID card specifically for the reason you mention in your message.
Possession of the GE card could potentially get me past the main long line into a Pre-Check eligible line.
Possession of the GE card could potentially get me past the main long line into a Pre-Check eligible line.
Apr 21, 2012, 4:05 pm
#1853
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: AA SPG Amex
Posts: 4,644
Now I'm wondering what happens if I use my AA FF# with a B6 flight.
Apr 21, 2012, 4:07 pm
#1854
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: AA SPG Amex
Posts: 4,644
If you are enrolled in the program (in my instance via Global Entry), and your boarding pass does not scan with the "LLL" Pre-Check go-ahead, is there some other indication that will enable you go get to the front of the (regular) line? I don't have elite status at the moment so if I'm randomized out of the program, I could be looking at a potentially long wait if they shunt me into the general population line. I, like jamienbaker, do like to have some visibility into what the process would be.
I'm less concerned about having to take off my shoes / take out my laptop (though that's obviously a time-saving benefit), and more concerned about having to wait in a long line.
At the DL security line in SLC, they asked if I had a Global Entry card (I don't, was enrolled prior to that being included and I don't drive to Canada), implying that the card could get me through, although it turned out my BP did scan with LLL. My partner's did not, but they let him cut to the first class line, presumably because he was with me. If he was on his own, I'd be worried (he also has GE).
so if I'm randomized out of the program, I could be looking at a potentially long wait if they shunt me into the general population line. I, like jamienbaker, do like to have some visibility into what the process would be.I'm less concerned about having to take off my shoes / take out my laptop (though that's obviously a time-saving benefit), and more concerned about having to wait in a long line.
At the DL security line in SLC, they asked if I had a Global Entry card (I don't, was enrolled prior to that being included and I don't drive to Canada), implying that the card could get me through, although it turned out my BP did scan with LLL. My partner's did not, but they let him cut to the first class line, presumably because he was with me. If he was on his own, I'd be worried (he also has GE).
Hopefully this will lead to just using the card, regardless of airline flown, to use the Pre lanes. I'd think that it would be easy enough to just swipe that (so they know it's genuine/that you are a US citizen) rather than the whole business with the airlines...
Apr 21, 2012, 4:25 pm
#1855
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold but PlatPro thanks to LPs
Posts: 4,440
Apparently, they started issuing ID cards sometime after I was approved in 2009.
It is my speculation that possession of a GE might, someday, get me past line gatekeepers to the Pre-Check eligible line, where I can then hope for the LLL signal. An imagined scenario might be if I have to fly on another airline where I have no status. I would enter the Trusted Traveler number into that airline's passenger profile, and thus be Pre-Check eligible.
However, when approaching a Priority Access type line gatekeeper who is looking for "Big Kahuna" elite passengers, how I am to prove that I am Pre-Check eligible? Quite possibly in this imaginary future, I pull out my GE card and say "I am Pre-Check Eligible", and that could get me past the gatekeeper.
If not, oh well, I've stood in many long lines in my life and one more won't kill me.
Apr 21, 2012, 4:30 pm
#1856
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,572
I can state for a fact that I recently spent $15 to get a GE ID card. The card is now in my possession.
Apparently, they started issuing ID cards sometime after I was approved in 2009.
It is my speculation that possession of a GE might, someday, get me past line gatekeepers to the Pre-Check eligible line, where I can then hope for the LLL signal. An imagined scenario might be if I have to fly on another airline where I have no status. I would enter the Trusted Traveler number into that airline's passenger profile, and thus be Pre-Check eligible.
However, when approaching a Priority Access type line gatekeeper who is looking for "Big Kahuna" elite passengers, how I am to prove that I am Pre-Check eligible? Quite possibly in this imaginary future, I pull out my GE card and say "I am Pre-Check Eligible", and that could get me past the gatekeeper.
If not, oh well, I've stood in many long lines in my life and one more won't kill me.
Apparently, they started issuing ID cards sometime after I was approved in 2009.
It is my speculation that possession of a GE might, someday, get me past line gatekeepers to the Pre-Check eligible line, where I can then hope for the LLL signal. An imagined scenario might be if I have to fly on another airline where I have no status. I would enter the Trusted Traveler number into that airline's passenger profile, and thus be Pre-Check eligible.
However, when approaching a Priority Access type line gatekeeper who is looking for "Big Kahuna" elite passengers, how I am to prove that I am Pre-Check eligible? Quite possibly in this imaginary future, I pull out my GE card and say "I am Pre-Check Eligible", and that could get me past the gatekeeper.
If not, oh well, I've stood in many long lines in my life and one more won't kill me.
Apr 21, 2012, 4:46 pm
#1857
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold but PlatPro thanks to LPs
Posts: 4,440
Let's just clinch the deal:
The day your $15 card gets you into a Pre-Check / elite status line is also the day you are running late. The time saved in TSA security means you get on your flight, saving change and standby fees.
If we are imagining what could happen in the future, might as well think of best/worst case scenarios.
Apr 21, 2012, 5:17 pm
#1858
Join Date: May 2006
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EXP 1MM
Posts: 119
I don't know the exact number of times I have flown out of the upper C gate at DFW but I have only been chose one time and this is my home airport. I am 3 out of 3 at MIA.
I flew out of DFW on Thursday & Friday and went through the gate with the pre-check but neither time was selected and I heard five people asking why they were not selected. Thursday in MIA the 4 people who were in front of me all were selected and went through.
Rod
I flew out of DFW on Thursday & Friday and went through the gate with the pre-check but neither time was selected and I heard five people asking why they were not selected. Thursday in MIA the 4 people who were in front of me all were selected and went through.
Rod
Apr 21, 2012, 5:17 pm
#1859
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,938
Past year or so, I've found that most international airports (so far for me, all except LHR) have not asked that liquids be taken out. This includes HKG, BRU, CDG, BUD, and others I'm forgetting. LHR is worse than the U.S.
Apr 21, 2012, 5:23 pm
#1860
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,938
LAX
At LAX just now, there are two lanes at Priority AAccess with a sign saying that Flagship and Pre-Check go to the left, and Priority AAccess goes to the right. However, the ID checker was complaining to us and a fellow TSA agent that since the only indication of Pre-Check was if the scanner displayed it, he wanted everyone in the right lane except Flagship. He said the left lane was getting clogged with people who claimed to be Pre-Check, making the Flagship people have to wait.
Update on success rate:
Me: LAX: 0/2 (once int'l arrival, once domestic after overnight from int'l)
JFK: 0/1 (domestic after overnight from int'l)
MIA: 0/1 (domestic as connection from int'l)
Partner: LAX: 1/1 (domestic after overnight from int'l)
JFK: 0/1 (domestic after overnight from int'l)
MIA: 0/1 (domestic as connection from int'l)
Update on success rate:
Me: LAX: 0/2 (once int'l arrival, once domestic after overnight from int'l)
JFK: 0/1 (domestic after overnight from int'l)
MIA: 0/1 (domestic as connection from int'l)
Partner: LAX: 1/1 (domestic after overnight from int'l)
JFK: 0/1 (domestic after overnight from int'l)
MIA: 0/1 (domestic as connection from int'l)