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
Apr 8, 2013, 12:48 am
#3991
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: USA & UK -- AA EXP 3.5MM, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, Avis President's Club
Posts: 6,411
Spouse and I both cleared Pre-Check at SNA yesterday. When I went through the arch, an alarm sounded and I had to get my hands swabbed. I asked the TSAgent what happens if the machine says that someone has Bad Hands ... do they still get to fly but they hafta leave their Bad Hands behind? He didn't answer the question.
Apr 8, 2013, 6:18 am
#3992
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 50
I'm fairly certain I've read this here before, but just to enumerate peoples success at DCA, I was able to go through the TSA lane at the US airways gates and then take the shuttle over to the AA concourse today. Scanned my boarding pass first to make sure I had "31" before my AAdvantage #. TSA agent gave me a bit of a hard time about the gate number being in the other concourse, but let me through as soon as I got the three beeps. Having Global Entry has definitely changed things for me. I'm now 6/6 on domestic trips since getting it, whereas before GE just using my AA status I was 50% or 60% of the time at best.
Apr 11, 2013, 8:25 am
#3993
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: RDU
Programs: A few
Posts: 5,499
First a little dig at FT: I read through maybe 20 pages at the start and end, and used search, but can't find the answer. Where is the WIKI feature!?!?!
Anyhow back on topic I've been having no success at all with pre-check. I am now trying to read my boarding pass with scanning software. I managed to scan my BP but I am seeing the character code "2AA AA" and nowhere is there a "0AA AA" or "3AA AA"- anybody know what this means?
Would be great to have a wiki on deciphering the codes!
Anyhow back on topic I've been having no success at all with pre-check. I am now trying to read my boarding pass with scanning software. I managed to scan my BP but I am seeing the character code "2AA AA" and nowhere is there a "0AA AA" or "3AA AA"- anybody know what this means?
Would be great to have a wiki on deciphering the codes!
Apr 11, 2013, 11:18 am
#3994
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: DCA | DEN
Programs: AA EXP/2.9mm | Marriott LT Titanium 1.6k nights | NEXUS
Posts: 981
First a little dig at FT: I read through maybe 20 pages at the start and end, and used search, but can't find the answer. Where is the WIKI feature!?!?!
Anyhow back on topic I've been having no success at all with pre-check. I am now trying to read my boarding pass with scanning software. I managed to scan my BP but I am seeing the character code "2AA AA" and nowhere is there a "0AA AA" or "3AA AA"- anybody know what this means?
Would be great to have a wiki on deciphering the codes!
Anyhow back on topic I've been having no success at all with pre-check. I am now trying to read my boarding pass with scanning software. I managed to scan my BP but I am seeing the character code "2AA AA" and nowhere is there a "0AA AA" or "3AA AA"- anybody know what this means?
Would be great to have a wiki on deciphering the codes!
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...es-2013-a.html
Apr 11, 2013, 11:55 am
#3995
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Chicago O'Hare
Programs: AA EXP, LT PLT 2.6MM, HHonors Lifetime Diamond, Hertz Presidents Circle
Posts: 678
First a little dig at FT: I read through maybe 20 pages at the start and end, and used search, but can't find the answer. Where is the WIKI feature!?!?!
Anyhow back on topic I've been having no success at all with pre-check. I am now trying to read my boarding pass with scanning software. I managed to scan my BP but I am seeing the character code "2AA AA" and nowhere is there a "0AA AA" or "3AA AA"- anybody know what this means?
Would be great to have a wiki on deciphering the codes!
Anyhow back on topic I've been having no success at all with pre-check. I am now trying to read my boarding pass with scanning software. I managed to scan my BP but I am seeing the character code "2AA AA" and nowhere is there a "0AA AA" or "3AA AA"- anybody know what this means?
Would be great to have a wiki on deciphering the codes!
Apr 11, 2013, 12:15 pm
#3996
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: RDU
Programs: A few
Posts: 5,499
Now I can't for the life of me working out why I am never, ever getting pre-check, but I am not
Apr 11, 2013, 12:29 pm
#3997
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: jfk area
Programs: AA platinum; 2MM AA, Delta Diamond, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 10,291
My "general" profile on AA shows that I am pre-check eligible (it has a green check mark and my GE number).
I'm flying from jfk-lax on Fri. 4/12, and just checked in (and printed my paper bp). After checking in I went back to check the details of that reservation, and in the "edit passenger" info area NONE of my pre-check info is shown--I'm certain (maybe
), that it was there previously.
[I looked at the info on several upcoming trips, and the GE, pre-check info shows when I click on the "edit passenger" info for those.]
Does the extra info no longer appear after you check-in?
I'd be annoyed
if I didn't get selected when I fly tomorrow.
I'm flying from jfk-lax on Fri. 4/12, and just checked in (and printed my paper bp). After checking in I went back to check the details of that reservation, and in the "edit passenger" info area NONE of my pre-check info is shown--I'm certain (maybe
), that it was there previously.[I looked at the info on several upcoming trips, and the GE, pre-check info shows when I click on the "edit passenger" info for those.]
Does the extra info no longer appear after you check-in?
I'd be annoyed
if I didn't get selected when I fly tomorrow.
Apr 11, 2013, 12:48 pm
#3998
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Mexico
Programs: AA Lifetime PLT (2 MM); Marriott Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 108
First a little dig at FT: I read through maybe 20 pages at the start and end, and used search, but can't find the answer. Where is the WIKI feature!?!?!
Anyhow back on topic I've been having no success at all with pre-check. I am now trying to read my boarding pass with scanning software. I managed to scan my BP but I am seeing the character code "2AA AA" and nowhere is there a "0AA AA" or "3AA AA"- anybody know what this means?
Would be great to have a wiki on deciphering the codes!
Anyhow back on topic I've been having no success at all with pre-check. I am now trying to read my boarding pass with scanning software. I managed to scan my BP but I am seeing the character code "2AA AA" and nowhere is there a "0AA AA" or "3AA AA"- anybody know what this means?
Would be great to have a wiki on deciphering the codes!
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/18989578-post2498.html
You are not looking for "0AA AA" or "3AA AA." You are looking for "3xAA AA" or "0xAA AA" (i.e., two characters to the left of that first "AA"). "x" is just the method of obtaining the boarding pass and it is not relevant to the process.
Apr 11, 2013, 1:49 pm
#3999
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: RDU
Programs: A few
Posts: 5,499
Here is the post in this thread that "started it all" (...as far as I am concerned. All credit due to FT user AA2070!). For reference, the post number is 2498 in this thread. No need to go over to the UA forum! Go to that post and then read the few subsequent posts starting from there for more details on decoding the string.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/18989578-post2498.html
You are not looking for "0AA AA" or "3AA AA." You are looking for "3xAA AA" or "0xAA AA" (i.e., two characters to the left of that first "AA"). "x" is just the method of obtaining the boarding pass and it is not relevant to the process.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/18989578-post2498.html
You are not looking for "0AA AA" or "3AA AA." You are looking for "3xAA AA" or "0xAA AA" (i.e., two characters to the left of that first "AA"). "x" is just the method of obtaining the boarding pass and it is not relevant to the process.
thanks VERY much for that link, that is certainly the most useful post i have seen on the topic
now to try decode what that second number means (i have the unusual "2" designation) and more importantly why i am never selected!
Apr 11, 2013, 3:37 pm
#4000
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: DCA | DEN
Programs: AA EXP/2.9mm | Marriott LT Titanium 1.6k nights | NEXUS
Posts: 981
I save the scans to Evernote. Pasted here are excerpts of the scans for my last 3 trips, where I was 100% CLR for all 6 segments. If my count is correct the 24 numeric fields to the left of the six digits below were identical for each of my BPs.
207423 AA AA
207423 AA AA
188553 AA AA
188553 AA AA
172233 AA AA
182983 AA AA
Apr 11, 2013, 3:54 pm
#4001
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Northeast Kansas | Colorado Native
Programs: Amex Gold/Plat, UA *G, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Gold, NEXUS, TSA Disparager Unobtanium
Posts: 21,606
It's actually the reverse. The last digit has to be 3, that preceeding may be - the BP sourcing code as you suggest. Probably not whether or not you are enrolled in Pre, since mine have 4 different numbers in that field.
I save the scans to Evernote. Pasted here are excerpts of the scans for my last 3 trips, where I was 100% CLR for all 6 segments. If my count is correct the 24 numeric fields to the left of the six digits below were identical for each of my BPs.
207423 AA AA
207423 AA AA
188553 AA AA
188553 AA AA
172233 AA AA
182983 AA AA
I save the scans to Evernote. Pasted here are excerpts of the scans for my last 3 trips, where I was 100% CLR for all 6 segments. If my count is correct the 24 numeric fields to the left of the six digits below were identical for each of my BPs.
207423 AA AA
207423 AA AA
188553 AA AA
188553 AA AA
172233 AA AA
182983 AA AA
Apr 11, 2013, 4:41 pm
#4002
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: DCA | DEN
Programs: AA EXP/2.9mm | Marriott LT Titanium 1.6k nights | NEXUS
Posts: 981
Edit: All of mine were printed, not mobile or issued by an agent. Maybe that explains where the 3 field is. Next trip I'll scan one at home first, then have one printed at the airport and compare them.
Last edited by AATrout; Apr 11, 2013 at 4:54 pm
Apr 11, 2013, 5:07 pm
#4003
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Northeast Kansas | Colorado Native
Programs: Amex Gold/Plat, UA *G, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Gold, NEXUS, TSA Disparager Unobtanium
Posts: 21,606
I am also opt-in/GE, and all my tickets have 3 and then another number before AA AA
Apr 11, 2013, 5:17 pm
#4004
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA LTG (EXP), Hilton Silver (Dia), Marriott LTP (PP), SPG LTG (P) > MPG LTPP
Posts: 11,329
ha you saw that I had skipped over the dark side to see if i could get help there
thanks VERY much for that link, that is certainly the most useful post i have seen on the topic
now to try decode what that second number means (i have the unusual "2" designation) and more importantly why i am never selected!
thanks VERY much for that link, that is certainly the most useful post i have seen on the topic
now to try decode what that second number means (i have the unusual "2" designation) and more importantly why i am never selected!
Apr 11, 2013, 5:22 pm
#4005
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SJC
Programs: AA EXP, BA Silver, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 33,535
Maybe not. It's possible I have an open field after my 3 because my account is both opt-in as a PLT/EXP as well as having entered my 9 digit Known Traveler ID from NEXUS. But I have scanned about 20 segments with Manatee and have never had a data field appear after the "3."
Edit: All of mine were printed, not mobile or issued by an agent. Maybe that explains where the 3 field is. Next trip I'll scan one at home first, then have one printed at the airport and compare them.
Edit: All of mine were printed, not mobile or issued by an agent. Maybe that explains where the 3 field is. Next trip I'll scan one at home first, then have one printed at the airport and compare them.
3 AA AA
and I expect LLL on these. We're also both EXP opt-in/GE. This is from the mobile BP since I can save that image on my phone and just scan from the image, with no camera work (QRafter)
Reading the pdf BP from the screen (no need to print) with Manatee produced the same result. Space between the 3 and the "AA AA."
Cheers.