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
Mar 10, 2012, 1:50 pm
#1441
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 187
I needed a Case tractor to plow through this thread. Way more chaff than wheat.
TSA rants and general security discussions belong elsewhere.
TSA rants and general security discussions belong elsewhere.
Mar 10, 2012, 7:25 pm
#1442
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: MCO - former DFW
Programs: AA EXP, Hilton Diamond, IHG Spire
Posts: 93
A TSA senior officer at SLC (Delta hub) explained to me that the BP readers are provided by the airlines, and the AA readers are older and only work for AA BPs, but the DL readers are newer, and work for any airline's BPs. And thus, that I as an AA TT but not a DL TT, can use the DL TT line.
And, yes I know this from personal experience as well as a contact within AA that was involved in the program's start up and expansion.
Mar 11, 2012, 1:22 am
#1443
Join Date: Feb 2003
Programs: back to AA PLT, 1.6+MM
Posts: 771
Can't wait for them to bring this to PDX later this year. 
I'm travelling through DFW on the way back from LHR in a couple of weeks. I have a very long connect time so I'm thinking of travelling over from Terminal D to go back through Security at the Pre-Check point, just to have the experience.
I'm travelling through DFW on the way back from LHR in a couple of weeks. I have a very long connect time so I'm thinking of travelling over from Terminal D to go back through Security at the Pre-Check point, just to have the experience.
Mar 11, 2012, 9:19 am
#1444
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: WAS
Programs: AMEX Platinum, Global Entry, Priority Pass, SPG Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 1,594
Save your PreCheck experimentation for domestic itineraries.
Mar 11, 2012, 12:32 pm
#1445
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: ORD, LAX, LHR
Programs: AA EXP/2MM, Hertz 5*, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 974
Can't wait for them to bring this to PDX later this year.
I'm travelling through DFW on the way back from LHR in a couple of weeks. I have a very long connect time so I'm thinking of travelling over from Terminal D to go back through Security at the Pre-Check point, just to have the experience.
I'm travelling through DFW on the way back from LHR in a couple of weeks. I have a very long connect time so I'm thinking of travelling over from Terminal D to go back through Security at the Pre-Check point, just to have the experience.
Mar 11, 2012, 12:43 pm
#1446
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: I 35 south bound, finally stopped
Programs: LT Plt, 4mm, *A GLD, burned out medical provider, executing our estate plan
Posts: 1,665
Mar 11, 2012, 2:27 pm
#1447
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: SEA
Programs: All Around Nobody
Posts: 861
Has anyone gotten LLL'ed while travelling on a PNR with a non Pre Check qualified companion? Obviously the companion wouldn't get it, but I'm curious if that voids the LLL for the while PNR similar to how international segments do...
Mar 11, 2012, 6:04 pm
#1448
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 23,063
I have gone through the PreCheck lane twice at DTW with companions on the same PNR (once with my wife alone and once with wife and kids). You are correct that the companions on your PNR are not allowed to use the PreCheck lane.
Mar 11, 2012, 6:05 pm
#1449
Join Date: Apr 2011
Programs: AA EXP & CK, Hilton Diamond, SPG Plat
Posts: 20
I have flown with my wife twice since the start of this program. Both times at MIA I have been cleared LLL, and both times refused since I like being married. Both TSA agents looked at me funny for not taking the benefit.
Last edited by ralphgombos; Mar 11, 2012 at 6:07 pm Reason: Misspelling
Mar 11, 2012, 6:08 pm
#1450
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: AA (PPro/3MM/Admirals Club), AS, UA, Marriott (Gold), HHonors (Gold), Accor (Plat)
Posts: 2,602
To answer your question, you wait in the Priority AAccess line with everyone else, then when you get to the TDC, you might get the 3 beeps plus LLL and be sent to the far left checkpoint. If you don't get LLL you'll probably be sent to the next one over which has a scanner and WTMD combo. I assume you can use PreCheck whenever the Priority AAccess line is open.
Mar 11, 2012, 7:13 pm
#1451
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 131
Mar 11, 2012, 11:19 pm
#1452
Join Date: Feb 2003
Programs: back to AA PLT, 1.6+MM
Posts: 771
Don't bother. As has been widely reported here, and confirmed for me when I spoke to two different TSA agents about it (BP checker at ORD, supervisor at LAX), if you have an international segment anywhere in your itinerary, you will not be eligible for Precheck on any segment of that trip (even domestic to domestic).
Mar 11, 2012, 11:36 pm
#1453
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: AA SPG Amex
Posts: 4,644
Anyone have any experience with using CFC for an earlier or later flight in advance of arriving at the airport and whether they still got LLL or not?
Mar 12, 2012, 1:25 am
#1454
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: AS MVP, PriorityPass, Global Entry
Posts: 748
Mar 12, 2012, 9:53 am
#1455
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Miami, FL
Programs: AA ExPLT, Bonvoy Titanium, Amex PLT, Hertz GLD, National EX
Posts: 332
MIA - Data Point
SO on MIA-LAX-AKL-WLG Saturday. Went through the D security entrance at MIA where the pre-check is located. Told her to look for the "LLL" on the screen when boarding pass was checked. Wasn't expecting her to get thru the TT lane, since she was on an international itinerary. But she did! Wonderful start to her very long travel day.