TSA Precheck [BA participation]
May 24, 2018, 2:41 am
#466
Join Date: May 2013
Location: MAD
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Precheck at JFK T7 will have to be open to all as AS is also a big user.
Also, does TBIT have precheck yet? security is always a mess there. Yes you can get in via T4 but that is obviously not all that efficient.
Also, does TBIT have precheck yet? security is always a mess there. Yes you can get in via T4 but that is obviously not all that efficient.
May 24, 2018, 8:36 am
#467
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May 24, 2018, 10:46 am
#469
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: SAV/HHH
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There's a note out that TSA PreCheck in its full version is coming to JFK T7 in late July (sodium dosage needed) with the new security channels currently under construction. There will be a dedicated PreCheck line, working in the usual way there (shoes on, bags unopened). What I can't work out is how this will work for (say) a Bronze passenger with PreCheck travelling WTP - it can't be in the new First Wing, unless there will either be 2 lines or a clever queuing / feeding system on one side the First Wing.
May 24, 2018, 12:14 pm
#470
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: London
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Posts: 139
Got a printed pass at MCO yesterday and despite the lovely desk agent saying I could not use TSA Pre I chanced it and used the very short queue and was ushed through no problem. Laptop and liquids in bag, shoes and coat on, no problems.
Happy Days
Very busy lounge and lucky to get a seat. Nice hummas!
Happy Days
Very busy lounge and lucky to get a seat. Nice hummas!
May 24, 2018, 1:48 pm
#471
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The practical answer here is that Pre-Check processes approximately 7-8 passengers for every one processed through the standard line. The special channels are more for show than for anything else.. Even a 30-person Pre-Check line should take no more than 3-4 minutes and for better or for worse, the TSA Officers who staff the first podium will go out of their way to let 2-3 others pass before turning to someone from the special channel. All childish on both sides, but not something to worry about much in terms of either the time or the hassle.
May 29, 2018, 11:04 am
#476
Join Date: May 2013
Location: MAD
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So I have MAD-LHR-IAH-LHR-MAD next week all on IB flight numbers with all but the very first segment operated by IB. I am only finding a way to enter my API info via Iberia which doesn't have a field for my KTN. Any way to force access to the BA API to get my KTN in there?
May 29, 2018, 11:14 am
#477
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So I have MAD-LHR-IAH-LHR-MAD next week all on IB flight numbers with all but the very first segment operated by IB. I am only finding a way to enter my API info via Iberia which doesn't have a field for my KTN. Any way to force access to the BA API to get my KTN in there?
May 29, 2018, 11:06 pm
#478
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Worked Ok for me at JFK on Monday at T7, although the agent forgot to stamp the BP has he had forgotten that BA had joined.
Shoes on, liquids in, laptops out.
Shoes on, liquids in, laptops out.
May 29, 2018, 11:55 pm
#479
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May 30, 2018, 1:03 am
#480
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