The Definitive "Delta - TSA Pre-Check" thread
Dec 25, 2012, 3:19 pm
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Current result is travellers can predetermine whether they will get 3 beeps, barring scanner malfunction. AFAIK travellers have not yet been able to regenerate codes to inject a 3 beep result.
Whether it's the one beep or three beep variety, for a number of highly visible and obvious reasons, airport security, as currently acted out in the US, has little bearing on the actual security outcome.
Dec 25, 2012, 4:32 pm
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Originally Posted by jackal:19918955
Note that if:
a) You are flying on an airline that participates in PreCheck, and
b) You have opted in to PreCheck, and
c) the airport has a PreCheck checkpoint (shown on the TSA's map or PDF) anywhere in the airport, and
d) TSA doesn't randomly decide to deny you,
then (assuming you qualify for and have opted in to PreCheck) you will receive a PreCheck-enabled BP.
Dec 26, 2012, 4:37 am
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* Got three beeps flying on AS where I never recorded by t/t number.
* Got three beeps flying on UA even though my t/t number was entered into my profile less than 24 hrs before the flt.
Perhaps TSA is now storing this info based on passenger, not airline.
Dec 26, 2012, 9:55 am
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There is no requirement to have the TT number entered by a certain time. Many have reported (me included) booking flights just a few hours before departure and then immediately checking in and still receiving a PreCheck-enabled BP.
Dec 26, 2012, 11:02 am
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You could also scan the barcode on your BP ahead of time to see if you will get access.
Dec 26, 2012, 11:07 am
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I had my first Pre-Check failure yesterday, i.e. denied. It was odd in that my wife has the same status as me, and we were traveling on the same itinerary, and she got through Pre-Check, with me stuck in the regular line that was about 30 min long.
Dec 26, 2012, 12:04 pm
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What matters is exactly what is saved in the TSA Secure Flight information for your reservation. Does your TSA Secure Flight information in your reservation exactly match what you see when you logon to GOES and view your Global Entry profile? First/Middle/Last, birthdate, etc? Does it exactly match - particularly middle name?
Dec 27, 2012, 7:13 am
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It is truly random.
Dec 27, 2012, 7:24 am
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Since that fail, has Pre-Check worked again for you? I'm concerned that given all of Delta's IT snafus, could this be just a random TSA fail (which can happen), or is there something wrong with Delta's system? I spoke to both Delta and the TSA...learned a lot about how this works.
Dec 28, 2012, 7:08 am
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A similar thing happened to me in LAS on 12/25. My wife is a PM and was okayed for pre check. I was right behind her and was denied (not my first time denied). The fact that it's random makes it pretty useless to me since I have to prepare myself to go through the regular line anyway (everything out of pockets, laptop and liquids out, shoes and belt off, etc.). Since I have to do that anyway, pre check doesn't help much IMO, not that TSA is interested in helping travellers anyway.
Dec 28, 2012, 7:10 am
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