TSA Trusted Traveler Program Coming to MSP
Nov 11, 2011, 6:42 am
#16
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I'd really like to see MSP get Global Entry...passing through CBP a few weeks ago, I felt like I was subjected to the Spanish Inquisition and I'm a US citizen! 
Nov 11, 2011, 7:11 am
#17
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Nov 11, 2011, 7:22 am
#18
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MSP is Home
From a strictly selfish standpoint, I'd only consider enrolling in Trusted Traveler if I knew WTMD is the only screening method. Right now the Sky Priority Lane at MSP (checkpoint 4?) only has WTMD so I don't have to worry about opting out of "that other method". So not sure if there's a huge benefit for me in MSP. Of course it's different story at other airports.
Nov 11, 2011, 7:26 am
#19
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I did it a couple weeks ago at DTW and it was very fast. I just had to put my cell phone in my backpack and walked through with my shoes and belt on. Very fast not having to empty my pockets and take my shoes off, it takes me longer to put my shoes back on than the entire screening process did that time.
Nov 11, 2011, 8:34 am
#20
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I was a little underwhelmed by it last week in ATL. I was told "sir, you don't need a bin, just put your bags on the belt." I said "no bin for anything?" and she says "nope."
Well, naturally, I set off the alarm 3 times: once for my cell phone, once for my belt, and once for my work ID badge. So aside from leaving my laptop in and keeping my shoes on, I still have to empty my pockets and take my belt off. If they had just told me that ahead of time, instead of making me set the alarm off over and over by removing one item at a time...
Well, naturally, I set off the alarm 3 times: once for my cell phone, once for my belt, and once for my work ID badge. So aside from leaving my laptop in and keeping my shoes on, I still have to empty my pockets and take my belt off. If they had just told me that ahead of time, instead of making me set the alarm off over and over by removing one item at a time...
Nov 11, 2011, 8:59 am
#21
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I was a little underwhelmed by it last week in ATL. I was told "sir, you don't need a bin, just put your bags on the belt." I said "no bin for anything?" and she says "nope."
Well, naturally, I set off the alarm 3 times: once for my cell phone, once for my belt, and once for my work ID badge. So aside from leaving my laptop in and keeping my shoes on, I still have to empty my pockets and take my belt off. If they had just told me that ahead of time, instead of making me set the alarm off over and over by removing one item at a time...
Well, naturally, I set off the alarm 3 times: once for my cell phone, once for my belt, and once for my work ID badge. So aside from leaving my laptop in and keeping my shoes on, I still have to empty my pockets and take my belt off. If they had just told me that ahead of time, instead of making me set the alarm off over and over by removing one item at a time...
Nov 11, 2011, 1:00 pm
#22
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Same here. I had a belt, a bit of change, a few building access cards, and a bunch of keys and I walked through with no problems.
Nov 12, 2011, 7:24 am
#23
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I don't know if you *have to* be in one of the programs, but I am enrolled in Global Entry. Before the program started, I entered my Global Entry membership number in my Delta Profile at:
SkyMiles (Menu) > Manage My Account (Item in Menu) > Manage Profile (Top link on the Manage My Account page) > Secure Flight Data (Section on the Manage Profile page) > Known Traveler Number (Field in the Secure Flight Data section)
I have heard that you can be in by just being a diamond or platinum medallion, but there is another thread that discusses this at length.
SkyMiles (Menu) > Manage My Account (Item in Menu) > Manage Profile (Top link on the Manage My Account page) > Secure Flight Data (Section on the Manage Profile page) > Known Traveler Number (Field in the Secure Flight Data section)
I have heard that you can be in by just being a diamond or platinum medallion, but there is another thread that discusses this at length.
I am not GE and was selected for this line today in ATL. I thought it went well. Like the previous poster said, it was just like 1999!!!!
Nov 14, 2011, 12:55 am
#25
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Nov 14, 2011, 8:42 am
#26
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Nov 14, 2011, 9:38 am
#27
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often times I will choose to fly through ATL, DTW or JFK over MSP or MEM solely due to the lack of GE kiosks. However, I can say that the lines at both MSP and MEM haven't ever been Terribly long....only once at MSP have I waited more than 10 mins and that was when the NRT and AMS flights got in at the same time.
Nov 14, 2011, 10:33 am
#28
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The trick with DCA is to fly an airline that operates out of a terminal that still uses the WTMDs. DCA regulars will know which those are....