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
Oct 25, 2013, 1:01 pm
#5146
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 100
Also, anyone get the sweet new 'expedited screening' handouts at EWR this week? It's a piece of laminated pinkish office paper with a pixelated homeland security logo on it indicating to all that you have been approved for 'pre-check'. Which at Newark means you can leave your shoes on, but all other is the same since they only use the new machines, not the metal detectors, and dont actually have a separate line.
Oct 25, 2013, 5:22 pm
#5147
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 2,342
ORD is now significantly more CF'ed. They have moved the pre-check line to checkpoint 7, which is nowhere near the elite checkin area at checkpoint 8. Checkpoint 8 is now only F/J/EXP/PLT with two regular lanes as before. Meanwhile, down at checkpoint 7, they have a dragon looking for the TSA pre symbol, so you can't use a card stock BP, and the TSO is alternating between the pre and priority aacess line, so it is very slow going. They just can't get it right at Chicago O'Hare...
Oct 25, 2013, 6:19 pm
#5148
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Chicago O'Hare
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Sounds worse than before. Is checkpoint 7 where the PriorityAAcess line used to be? (I'm familiar with the physical layout, but not familiar enough to know the numbering of the checkpoints) And the dragon looking for the symbol doesn't have a scanner to scan the BP?
Since I'm complaining, WTH is up at Denver? Went through pre-check this evening and they were feeding everyone and their cousin into the pre-check line. The "officers" were trying to tell people what to do but everything was coming off and out. Laptops, iPads, coats, hats, shoes, sweaters, sweatshirts, belts, spurs, boots, all while I just stood there watching in disbelief. Strollers were entering the pre-check lineit was a major circus of epic proportions. They have, at this point, completely ruined pre-check. Not because there are more eligible which makes lines longer, but because the common kettle gets to now use the line. WTH is up with that?! It takes all the good out of it, all the work we have done to up our pre-check success rates and throws it out the window. It is really disappointing to me.
Oct 25, 2013, 7:07 pm
#5149
Moderator: American AAdvantage
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The coming changes for TSA Pre✓ have been added to the Wikipost.
Oct 25, 2013, 8:15 pm
#5150
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Chicago O'Hare
Programs: AA EXP, LT PLT 2.6MM, HHonors Lifetime Diamond, Hertz Presidents Circle
Posts: 678
I just came into O'Hare tonight and it appears that Pre has returned to Checkpoint 8 and remains at checkpoint 7 as well. I didn't get a good enough look to see if there was equipment that allowed dragons to scan your BP for LLL rather than looking at a printed one, which, if you check in at the counter, doesn't show it.
Oct 25, 2013, 8:20 pm
#5151
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: SJC
Programs: AA, AS, Marriott
Posts: 6,128
Also, anyone get the sweet new 'expedited screening' handouts at EWR this week? It's a piece of laminated pinkish office paper with a pixelated homeland security logo on it indicating to all that you have been approved for 'pre-check'. Which at Newark means you can leave your shoes on, but all other is the same since they only use the new machines, not the metal detectors, and dont actually have a separate line.
In practice, I wonder how this works because wouldn't the gumby figure alarm on zippers/folds/creases/buckles on belts and jackets?
Oct 25, 2013, 10:06 pm
#5152
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 2,342
Checkpoint 8 is the one that the flagship check-in feeds into (which is hilarious now as many of those elites probably are pre-eligible). For those of us who enter through the terminal, it is for First/Business/EXP/PLT only. No PriorityAAcess. Priority AAcess lines still exist at the larger checkpoints in the middle, which are 7A and 7. 7 feeds out right by gates H1A and H2. And no, the dragons don't have scanners at O'Hare any more. They look at your BP and if the TSA Pre symbol does not appear, they WILL NOT let you into the precheck line. It's a real debacle.
What if a dragon doesn't let you into the line, but your BP still scans LLL when you get to the BP/ID checker? I imagine they'd still let you use the PreCheck line for screening.
Oct 26, 2013, 7:03 am
#5153
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Chicago O'Hare
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Posts: 678
Yup, I'm familiar with Checkpoint 8 (F/PLT/EXP), just wanted to make sure about Checkpoint 7. It is rather odd that Flagship Check in folks would be denied access to PreCheck when using that check in station, but I see your post that it seems to have returned.
What if a dragon doesn't let you into the line, but your BP still scans LLL when you get to the BP/ID checker? I imagine they'd still let you use the PreCheck line for screening.
What if a dragon doesn't let you into the line, but your BP still scans LLL when you get to the BP/ID checker? I imagine they'd still let you use the PreCheck line for screening.
Last edited by akarneboge; Oct 26, 2013 at 7:12 am
Oct 26, 2013, 9:15 am
#5154
Join Date: Jun 2011
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pre check at SMF was pretty worthless yesterday except we didnt have to take off our shoes
Oct 26, 2013, 10:50 am
#5155
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dallas
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Posts: 601
Yup, I'm familiar with Checkpoint 8 (F/PLT/EXP), just wanted to make sure about Checkpoint 7. It is rather odd that Flagship Check in folks would be denied access to PreCheck when using that check in station, but I see your post that it seems to have returned.
What if a dragon doesn't let you into the line, but your BP still scans LLL when you get to the BP/ID checker? I imagine they'd still let you use the PreCheck line for screening.
What if a dragon doesn't let you into the line, but your BP still scans LLL when you get to the BP/ID checker? I imagine they'd still let you use the PreCheck line for screening.
Oct 26, 2013, 11:11 am
#5156
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dallas
Programs: AA Executive Platinum
Posts: 601
TSA Pre-Check / PreCheck Known Traveler program for AA elite / FFs (consolidated)
Is it possible to update DFW's info on the wiki? Someone correct me if I'm wrong because I've only been using C20 for quite some time. Based on what I've gleaned from following the thread, the only dedicated line is C20. Also, there are new (possibly modified) precheck lines at the new part of Low A and somewhere in B.
Oct 26, 2013, 11:13 am
#5157
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: DFW
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Is it possible to update DFW's info on the wiki? Someone correct me if I'm wrong because I've only been using C20 for quite some time. Based on what I've gleaned from following the thread, the only dedicated line is C20. Also, there are new (possibly modified) precheck lines at the new part of Low A and somewhere in B.
Oct 26, 2013, 3:41 pm
#5158
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Posts: 2,602
I was there recently and was told by TSA that unlike when I was sailing through last year and earlier this year, recently it has been like that every morning. I actually went through the regular side of the line and got to the checker quicker than if I had stood on the pre-check side. When I got to the front I was asked if I wanted to go through on the pre-check side since I had the 3 beeps, but a quick look at the kettles made me decide to go through regular security....I got through much quicker that way. Not sure if that is what is intended but I assume I will have to do that the next time as well. So much for sailing through from curb to plane. It was nice while it lasted.
Oct 27, 2013, 9:33 am
#5159
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The two nice things about the PreCheck line were no pat down and no unpacking and repacking. I can see where maybe unpacking and repacking would still be faster than waiting behind less experienced people in the Pre line, but if I had to have a pat down I would never opt to not go through PreCheck.
I've gotten the palm swab a couple times at LAX T4 A4 PreCheck. They claimed it's random.
Oct 27, 2013, 10:02 am
#5160
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: USA & UK -- AA EXP 3.5MM, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, Avis President's Club
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No issues at ORD Checkpoint 8 this morning. Ticket-counter-issued BP did NOT show any indication of Pre-Check but it doesn't matter. Line dragon asks if we are pre-check, we reply in the affirmative and she lets us right through. Two pax cleared: we've cleared every time since February. All is well.