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 13, 2012, 1:39 pm
#1471
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: DFW
Programs: AA PLT; SPG PLT
Posts: 326
Yeah, I am not a fan of that. DFW, and especially terminal C, is a nightmare on Monday mornings already. The entrance to PriorityAAccess needs to remain first/business/elite only.
Mar 13, 2012, 1:53 pm
#1472
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: LAX
Posts: 6,769
Are there a lot of non-elite Pre-Check folks?
I wonder if the non-elite BP scanner can handle Pre-Check BPs.
I wonder if the non-elite BP scanner can handle Pre-Check BPs.
Mar 13, 2012, 2:03 pm
#1473
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: DFW
Programs: AA (EXP), HH (Diamond), SPG (Platinum), HGP (Diamond), National Car (Exec Elite)
Posts: 153
It should. I was told I was LLL from a non-elite BP scanner in another terminal at DFW. There was no line so I just took it and the TSA guy told me "you know you are LLL?" I said nope, and he told me about the whole C30 gig.
Mar 13, 2012, 2:19 pm
#1474
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: SEA
Programs: All Around Nobody
Posts: 861
I also had it scan LLL at the normal line in LAS, but this was on a day when the precheck line either wasn't open yet or was closed, so I had to go through the nude-o-scope.
Mar 13, 2012, 3:22 pm
#1475
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,934
Are there a lot of Pre-Check folks period? 
In this thread, obviously. In the traveling public at large, not so much.
At any rate, I would expect the number of non-elite Pre-Check folks to rise as the program expands to more airlines, simply because of the people who got GE/NEXUS/SENTRI and are perhaps elite at one airline but travel on more than one. Or, folks who are not elite anywhere simply because their travel is too scattered among various airlines to earn status anywhere (despite their travel being frequent enough in total that they applied for GE/NEXUS/SENTRI).
(Or, if you can apply for Pre-Check at airline B, without having GE/NEXUS/SENTRI, and without having status at airline B, simply on the basis of having Pre-Check at ailrine A due to an elite invite at airline A, then you'd have even more.)
In this thread, obviously. In the traveling public at large, not so much.At any rate, I would expect the number of non-elite Pre-Check folks to rise as the program expands to more airlines, simply because of the people who got GE/NEXUS/SENTRI and are perhaps elite at one airline but travel on more than one. Or, folks who are not elite anywhere simply because their travel is too scattered among various airlines to earn status anywhere (despite their travel being frequent enough in total that they applied for GE/NEXUS/SENTRI).
(Or, if you can apply for Pre-Check at airline B, without having GE/NEXUS/SENTRI, and without having status at airline B, simply on the basis of having Pre-Check at ailrine A due to an elite invite at airline A, then you'd have even more.)
Mar 13, 2012, 4:01 pm
#1476
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
Oh no, now we have to worry about security line lice as well? 
Mar 13, 2012, 4:56 pm
#1477
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: DCA / WAS
Programs: DL 2+ million/PM, YX, Marriott Plt, *wood gold, HHonors, CO Plt, UA, AA EXP, WN, AGR
Posts: 9,388
This is interesting. You and several others have now reported clearing domestic legs of international itins, yet prior to the last couple of weeks, there seemed to be universal reports of the opposite occurring. I know many had complained about it. Something seems to have changed recently. Maybe the TSA actually does listen (and read FT)?
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Mar 13, 2012, 10:56 pm
#1479
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: AA SPG Amex
Posts: 4,644
This is interesting. You and several others have now reported clearing domestic legs of international itins, yet prior to the last couple of weeks, there seemed to be universal reports of the opposite occurring. I know many had complained about it. Something seems to have changed recently. Maybe the TSA actually does listen (and read FT)?
Mar 13, 2012, 11:19 pm
#1480
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: WAS
Programs: AMEX Platinum, Global Entry, Priority Pass, SPG Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 1,594
Minor correction: The TT programs are administered by CBP, not ICE, so the trust is extended by CBP.
As to your point, I certainly hope that more trust is extended to TT program members, as they have already been vetted.
Mar 14, 2012, 10:00 am
#1481
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: AA SPG Amex
Posts: 4,644
Oops, my mistake. But really, who can keep track of all of them these days?!
Mar 14, 2012, 12:25 pm
#1483
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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
Mar 14, 2012, 9:10 pm
#1484
Join Date: May 2009
Location: SEA
Programs: AA EXP (2.5MM), Hilton Gold, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 4,859
I flew out of JFK two weeks ago and I had thought there was a Pre-Check line there. Was I just imagining that? I ended up going through the regular security line since the Priority Access line was clogged up with 20+ people and no one at all in the regular line. Just wondering if I had a chance and the keep your liquids/belt line or not.
Mar 14, 2012, 9:22 pm
#1485
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Location: Benicia CA
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Posts: 31,849
I came through on Feb 28 and used the Priority Access line. No special line then to get to the pre-check lane. I didn't see anyone diverted to the pre-check lane in the 10 mins or so I was in line. Gather I didn't qualify as I originated in MAD.