squatch

there was no one in precheck at LGA at 5.30am this morning, including ME. after one year straight of getting precheck i have now missed it two weeks in a row. nothing about ME has changed. what the heck is going on here?

FlyAO2

I was at LAS last week - it was disaster zone.

Avster

ATL was mayhem this morning,

I have never seen a pre-check line even a 10th of what it was this morning.

It was snaking up and down the terminal.

People had no idea what was going on, non pre-checks standing in that cue, elites going into the regular lines as fastest, sky-priority lines medium length with who knows in them. Kaos!!!

northwest_buckeye

Meanwhile, I haven't received PreCheck clearance at any PC capable airport in the last several months... After two years of 80-90% success.

Well, Halloween is coming up... Guess I should be ready to receive my yearly rock.

xliioper

A couple weekends ago at DTW there were about 12 people in the Pre-Check line and only 4 or so in the adjacent Sky Priority line. However, if you get the triple beep in the Sky Priority line, they just send you directly through Pre-Check. So basically, you just choose whichever line is shorter. Do other airports have a similar setup?

Gindernation

I flew UA out of LGA terminal B where they don't have pre-check. But instead they give you expedited security. You still go through the general line, need to remove laptop and toiletries. The only benefit is they give you a laminated card to go through the metal detector with shoes, belt, and jacket on...the bootleg pre-check. LGA proves once again to be a terribly antiquated airport. But I digress.

BOS has been hit or miss lately with pre-check vs. priority lane length. But at least I can jump in priority lane and still access pre-check, if I qualify.

PHL terminal D is a terrible set-up because if you don't qualify for pre-check, you have to re-enter the priority line instead of bypassing through TSA

quinnpm

Pretty sure this is how CMH was set up today. Everyone was directed to the the Precheck lane with a separate SP lane. The TDC paused when he was scanning my BP like he was waiting to see where to tell me where to go. I don't have precheck (did my interview this afternoon )so I didn't pay much attention though.

hortkie

CVG - had 2 lanes open to pre check a few hours ago and last week - there was a TSA person at the entrances directing some people to pre check lanes.
When I got in - there were like 3-4 people taking stuff out of their bags, belts off, etc...I went around them and tossed my stuff on the conveyor and no problems.
I'm guessing a larger tsa directed perspective to push thru kettles as test - or training of the masses.

lucycan

This should probably be reported to TSA.......

captiveguru

Does this have any impact on the "integration" of PreCheck and CLEAR?

fti

Do you really think if they won't listen to verbal cues they will be more willing to read signage? Honestly, I don't.

DaDaDan

This morning at LGA Terminal C, the Pre-Check line was at least 20 people long. The elite lane right next to it, which led to the same ID checker, was only 4 people long. I took the Elite lane and then got sent to the Pre-Check magnetometer once past ID check, effectively by passing the long Pre-Check line.

TYSGene

Happened to me at TYS last week. There is no Sky Priority Lane, just one long line funneling into the regular security check. I knew the PreCheck lane opened that morning for the 1st time. When I got to the PreCheck station, the TSA was funneling some people at random into PreCheck. Then I showed my PreCheck BP and they we surprised that someone was actually PreCheck. When I got to the scanner, the people who were in that line were taking off shoes, removing laptops, taking the ziplock bag out, etc. I politely told 2-3 of them that they didn't have to do any of that. I was looked at like I had two heads.

I still got through quicker than normally, but I hope they let only those of us who went through the application process use thePreCheck lane.

Xero

My fear is that the program could backfire one day. Let's say TSA gets its goal of 85%. This will create a disadvantaged minority that will continue to get the grope treatment. With less lines with the "traditional" screening, these people who don't have PreCheck will have to wait more.

So these 15%, which are noncitizens, visitors to the USA, and people without a perfectly clean record will wait more at security, get extra screening. And they will have little public sympathy because 85% doesn't have to deal with it because most people only have empathy when they are actually in the shoes.

TYSGene

If you have the TSA PreCheck symbol on your DL App boarding pass, will you always get the 3 beeps? Or will it beep once sometimes, even though it says "TSA PreCheck?"