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
Jul 26, 2012, 2:35 pm
#2521
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: SEA
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I'm flying out of IAH tomorrow and I wanted to see if my BP had any of the codes which were mentioned in this thread and it didn't. I had previously added my GE Known Traveler Number to my AAdvantage account.
Not sure if it is because IAH just added the PreCheck lanes or because I'm not flying UA. However, I'll go through security at terminal C where the PreCheck lane is and see if I will get through.
Not sure if it is because IAH just added the PreCheck lanes or because I'm not flying UA. However, I'll go through security at terminal C where the PreCheck lane is and see if I will get through.
Jul 26, 2012, 2:44 pm
#2522
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: ORD/PSP
Programs: AA LT Plat, 6.0 MM, Marriott LT Platinum
Posts: 1,002
So far I can't find an iPad app that can read the barcode.
Jul 26, 2012, 2:57 pm
#2523
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Thousand Oaks, Ca., USA
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I don't know about that, but do know that if you have Global Entry, you have to revisit the CBP office with your new passport in hand so they can update their records. The CBP people in LAX were very clear on that. You don't have to make an advance appt; just drop in whenever it's convenient.
Jul 26, 2012, 3:28 pm
#2524
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Asked TA at DFW A30 this pm, she said she couldn't tell if PreCheck cleared but then said that recently people who did not have their middle name on the BP had stopped clearing. So she entered my middle name and reprinted BP. I did get LLL, no idea if the middle name made any difference.
I presume it's more like if they have a middle name in the records the airline and/or the government uses the check them (for clearing), but their middle name isn't on that particular BP, then that causes a problem (because a name mismatch). That would be similar to the well known and publicized problems of getting swiftly back into the US (from other countries) if the name on your BP does not exactly match the name on your passport (say, because one shows a middle name while the other shows just a middle initial or no middle name/initial at all).
(That would be very different from not having a middle name in any place where your name appears in any database, because you legally don't have a middle name.)
Jul 26, 2012, 5:03 pm
#2525
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: AA SPG Amex
Posts: 4,644
That would also appear to be the case for BP for departure from an airport that doesn't have Pre-check. I looked at a few and found one from SFO in the last two months that doesn't have anything in that field. Also, another, for a flight out of LAX, has a "3" after the ticket number, but nothing after that, while a different ex-LAX ticket has the "1" following the "3".
Jul 26, 2012, 5:47 pm
#2526
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Madison WI
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That would also appear to be the case for BP for departure from an airport that doesn't have Pre-check. I looked at a few and found one from SFO in the last two months that doesn't have anything in that field. Also, another, for a flight out of LAX, has a "3" after the ticket number, but nothing after that, while a different ex-LAX ticket has the "1" following the "3".
Jul 26, 2012, 5:49 pm
#2527
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That would also appear to be the case for BP for departure from an airport that doesn't have Pre-check. I looked at a few and found one from SFO in the last two months that doesn't have anything in that field. Also, another, for a flight out of LAX, has a "3" after the ticket number, but nothing after that, while a different ex-LAX ticket has the "1" following the "3".
Jul 26, 2012, 7:15 pm
#2528
Join Date: Aug 2006
Programs: Hyatt Diamond, SPG LT Plat, AA 3MM EXP
Posts: 397
Asked TA at DFW A30 this pm, she said she couldn't tell if PreCheck cleared but then said that recently people who did not have their middle name on the BP had stopped clearing. So she entered my middle name and reprinted BP. I did get LLL, no idea if the middle name made any difference.
So far I can't find an iPad app that can read the barcode.
So far I can't find an iPad app that can read the barcode.
Jul 26, 2012, 7:16 pm
#2529
Join Date: Aug 2006
Programs: Hyatt Diamond, SPG LT Plat, AA 3MM EXP
Posts: 397
[Also, the definition says the preceeding fields have a three digir airline code followed by a 10 digi tkt #. BUT, I'm seeig all my AA BP's have 001 for the carrier followed by 001 and the first seven of the tkt # with the last three truncated in the 10-digit tkt field. Anyone else?]
Jul 26, 2012, 8:13 pm
#2530
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Global
Posts: 5,998
UPDATED: My boarding card has a 0 after the ticket number. Printed by the UA agent at ORD.
Jul 26, 2012, 9:40 pm
#2531
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: AA SPG Amex
Posts: 4,644
So, are you saying you GOT LLL with the "3" on the LAX BP that also had a "1" following the "3". If so, was the flight INTL, and if so had you shown your PP to any agent prior to printing the BP? Did you get "LLL" on gthe LAX flight with a space and was it domestic? [Also, the definition says the preceeding fields have a three digir airline code followed by a 10 digi tkt #. BUT, I'm seeig all my AA BP's have 001 for the carrier followed by 001 and the first seven of the tkt # with the last three truncated in the 10-digit tkt field. Anyone else?]
Jul 27, 2012, 2:02 am
#2532
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: DFW
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Asked TA at DFW A30 this pm, she said she couldn't tell if PreCheck cleared but then said that recently people who did not have their middle name on the BP had stopped clearing. So she entered my middle name and reprinted BP. I did get LLL, no idea if the middle name made any difference.
So far I can't find an iPad app that can read the barcode.
So far I can't find an iPad app that can read the barcode.
Jul 27, 2012, 9:03 am
#2533
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: ORD/PSP
Programs: AA LT Plat, 6.0 MM, Marriott LT Platinum
Posts: 1,002
I hope it's not that simple, because I don't have a middle name at all!
I presume it's more like if they have a middle name in the records the airline and/or the government uses the check them (for clearing), but their middle name isn't on that particular BP, then that causes a problem (because a name mismatch). That would be similar to the well known and publicized problems of getting swiftly back into the US (from other countries) if the name on your BP does not exactly match the name on your passport (say, because one shows a middle name while the other shows just a middle initial or no middle name/initial at all).
(That would be very different from not having a middle name in any place where your name appears in any database, because you legally don't have a middle name.)
I presume it's more like if they have a middle name in the records the airline and/or the government uses the check them (for clearing), but their middle name isn't on that particular BP, then that causes a problem (because a name mismatch). That would be similar to the well known and publicized problems of getting swiftly back into the US (from other countries) if the name on your BP does not exactly match the name on your passport (say, because one shows a middle name while the other shows just a middle initial or no middle name/initial at all).
(That would be very different from not having a middle name in any place where your name appears in any database, because you legally don't have a middle name.)
Jul 27, 2012, 1:07 pm
#2534
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I would have to go through that again, and change more than just my passport. I don't think I'm allowed to "make up" a middle name only for my passport but nowhere else!
Meanwhile, even if that's how it works this week, it's not necessarily how it's going to work next week. It doesn't sound like a thought-through policiy if that's what it really is (middle name required, even if you don't have one).
But so far I see no evidence that it does. No one who has no legal middle name has reported yet. Including me: I'm not doing any domestic AA travel for months to come, and haven't done any since the last weekend in June (when I got LLL at LAX T4 A4). My only AA travel in the nearish future (early September) is SAN-JFK-ZRH and return, and I'm not sure that PreCheck even exists at SAN yet, and in any case it doesn't seem that outbound international works with PreCheck anywher yet). Maybe I could use it at JFK when connecting from the int'l, I dunno. (But even if I failed that, that one inbound international failure would not prove that it's due to a middle name issue.)