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
Dec 5, 2012, 4:41 pm
#3406
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: LAX
Programs: AA EXP, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 102
Just after PHL started pre check, I was unsuccessful using an AA boarding pass. The line then snaked around for awhile before reaching the regular TDC. Unless things have changed, it's likely faster to use the regular AA checkpoint.
Dec 6, 2012, 1:26 pm
#3407
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,937
Before the "AA".
AA has my profile showing my GE number and that I am pre-check eligible (shown with a check-mark symbol). For individual flights, including international I am shown eligible also. My name is listed as FN: XXX, MI: Y, LN: ZZZ (all in separate fields.) I'm 100% (except for intl.) for being pre-check selected, EXCEPT for itn.--booked through a TA, they submitted my name info as FN: XXX Y, MI: (blank), LN: ZZZ (it looked OK on the ticket(s))--but I did not get selected, and my listing for that itn. did not have me as pre-check either--I think the field listings are important.
Dec 6, 2012, 5:31 pm
#3408
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Mexico
Programs: AA Lifetime PLT (2 MM); Marriott Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 108
Has anyone had Precheck succeed at PHL with an AA boarding pass? I was enrolled first by AA and then had my GE number applied. The one time I tried using the lane at PHL, I was denied. Just trying to confirm whether airline matters as implied by the chart on the TSA site - especially since entering at US in Terminal C does allow access to the AA gates.
Dec 6, 2012, 5:38 pm
#3409
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: DFW
Programs: AA Executive Platinum, Marriott Platinum Elite, Hertz President's Circle, Admiral's Club
Posts: 125
I have yet to be rejected for precheck using the iPhone app boarding pass at DFW, DEN, SEA, DCA or ATL.
On another note, it always amuses me when I ask where I need to go to pass through a precheck lane and they make it sound like it's the equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest to get to it (has happened in ATL, DCA and SEA just in the past few weeks).
On another note, it always amuses me when I ask where I need to go to pass through a precheck lane and they make it sound like it's the equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest to get to it (has happened in ATL, DCA and SEA just in the past few weeks).
Dec 6, 2012, 5:39 pm
#3410
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: DFW
Programs: AA Executive Platinum, Marriott Platinum Elite, Hertz President's Circle, Admiral's Club
Posts: 125
I have only gone through PHL Terminal C once, back in October, and I already knew I had cleared Pre-Check thanks to having scanned my BP earlier. It was a mobile AA BP and it worked just fine. The only drawback was after Security having to walk somewhat of a lengthy distance to get back to the Terminal A gates, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat in exchange for Pre-Check.
Dec 6, 2012, 7:03 pm
#3411
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: ORD
Programs: AA PLT
Posts: 2,781
Funny, I just got it for the first time in months after I removed my MI! NeoReader for iPhone reads Aztec barcodes (the mobile barcode when using the AA app). Interesting that on my printed BP, I have the "3_AA_AA" and on the mobile BP it's "32AA_AA". The "2" must mean mobile. Not sure if that was discussed yet. I have an iPad and iPhone, pulled up the AA app and mobile BP on one and scanned with the other device. Works great. Still using Manatee for the paper scanning.
Printed: M1LINGLING/FOOL EPNRPNR ORDMDWAA 4242 342O020B0017 148>218 WW9999BAA 0000000000000290010012xxxx863 AA AA 8675309 PLT
Mobile: M1LINGLING/FOOL EPNRPNR ORDMDWAA 4242 342O20B 0017 148>218 MM BAA 290010012xxxx8632AA AA
It does indeed appear that there is an extra digit after the 0 or the 3, so if you see '32' on a mobile pass, that is the same as a '3' on a printed pass.
Dec 6, 2012, 10:49 pm
#3412
Join Date: May 2010
Programs: AA Exec Plat, CO OnePass, UA
Posts: 287
Something here is TERRIBLY TERRIBLY wrong! I am Executive Platinum and I try to always check-in at a podium, if only to get a paper boarding pass, and have been repeatedly told that I am a KNOWN TRAVELER -- AA has repeatedly checked at Check-In to ensure that I am cleared for Pre-Check -- HOWEVER, Lo and Behold, when I get to the TSAs....boom. Never happens!!.... Has only cleared once out of the last 4 times.
What is wrong with this picture?
And why even have a program that never or only works 10% of the time. Its simply an interlude to massive frustration!
What is wrong with this picture?
And why even have a program that never or only works 10% of the time. Its simply an interlude to massive frustration!
Dec 6, 2012, 11:28 pm
#3413
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Texas AA EXP 4.5 mm, United Gold, Marriott Plt, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 962
I have had great experience with PreCheck
Out of Dallas, Houston and Chicago I have been 100% so far out of probably 25 times. I have the Global Entry card and was told that helps too. Cann't wait for SFO to start using it.
Dec 6, 2012, 11:35 pm
#3414
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: DFW
Programs: AA Executive Platinum, Marriott Platinum Elite, Hertz President's Circle, Admiral's Club
Posts: 125
Something here is TERRIBLY TERRIBLY wrong! I am Executive Platinum and I try to always check-in at a podium, if only to get a paper boarding pass, and have been repeatedly told that I am a KNOWN TRAVELER -- AA has repeatedly checked at Check-In to ensure that I am cleared for Pre-Check -- HOWEVER, Lo and Behold, when I get to the TSAs....boom. Never happens!!.... Has only cleared once out of the last 4 times.
What is wrong with this picture?
And why even have a program that never or only works 10% of the time. Its simply an interlude to massive frustration!
What is wrong with this picture?
And why even have a program that never or only works 10% of the time. Its simply an interlude to massive frustration!
Dec 6, 2012, 11:37 pm
#3415
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: DFW
Programs: AA Executive Platinum, Marriott Platinum Elite, Hertz President's Circle, Admiral's Club
Posts: 125
On top of that, for the record, I worked in a production environment prior to slavery, I mean sales. Those cheap, mass production barcode printers might have the highest failure rate of any machines in the history of industry.
Dec 6, 2012, 11:54 pm
#3416
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: 21,603
Dec 7, 2012, 7:42 am
#3418
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Western PA
Programs: ExPlAAt; United 1K
Posts: 480
Something here is TERRIBLY TERRIBLY wrong! I am Executive Platinum and I try to always check-in at a podium, if only to get a paper boarding pass, and have been repeatedly told that I am a KNOWN TRAVELER -- AA has repeatedly checked at Check-In to ensure that I am cleared for Pre-Check -- HOWEVER, Lo and Behold, when I get to the TSAs....boom. Never happens!!.... Has only cleared once out of the last 4 times.
What is wrong with this picture?
What is wrong with this picture?
-- make sure the name on your ticket and whatever security credential you're using (on AA's security security set up page where you'll see the green check) match exactly, down to periods and titles (like Jr. or Dr.). If you're using your AA status as your credential, your name in the AA mileage program and on the ticket have to match. If you're using Global Entry, it's GE and the ticket that need to match.
-- be aware that if you book through a travel service that they name match issue might be at their end, so you may have to work with them.
-- decode your boarding passes at check-in. A few people have reported that they were good for PreCheck when they decoded, but denied at the airport. They reprinted boarding passes at the airport, and it worked. This may be a home printer problem. Given that you seem to print at the airport, this probably won't help you.
And, of course, it could be chance or your travel pattern that is leading to denials. For any trip, the PreCheck determination in made on a background risk score calculation that takes into account your destination, travel patterns, other people on your flight, and so forth. It's not so much a trusted traveler as a trusted trip.
If you decode in advance at least you know what to expect. That helps me cope with the frustration of not being able to get it to work on mixed metal *A itineraries and a lot of of my 3-legged AA itineraries.
Dec 7, 2012, 9:41 am
#3419
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 205
Well, I am one happy camper at the moment! I had my Global Entry application processed on Wednesday and was able to breeze through security this morning - even the priority line was backed up. So I'm one for one so far....
Of course the guy at the front of the regular line thought I was cutting, kicked up a fuss and then told me to back off. Love the holiday travel season...
Of course the guy at the front of the regular line thought I was cutting, kicked up a fuss and then told me to back off. Love the holiday travel season...
Dec 7, 2012, 12:28 pm
#3420
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EXP, MR Gold, HH Gold
Posts: 926
