The Definitive "Delta - TSA Pre-Check" thread
Dec 28, 2012, 7:53 am
#1051
Join Date: Aug 2012
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It's not in the human readable text, it's in the barcode. If you scan your boarding pass with a barcode reader it will show the text. One of the text strings you'll find starts with the number 29. Following that will be your 13-digit ticket number with a 0 or 3 after it. 3 indicates precheck, 0 indicates no precheck.
Dec 28, 2012, 7:54 am
#1052
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It's not in the human readable text, it's in the barcode. If you scan your boarding pass with a barcode reader it will show the text. One of the text strings you'll find starts with the number 29. Following that will be your 13-digit ticket number with a 0 or 3 after it. 3 indicates precheck, 0 indicates no precheck.
Dec 28, 2012, 5:35 pm
#1054
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Atlanta
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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, 6:58 pm
#1055
Join Date: Feb 2005
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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, 7:44 pm
#1056
Join Date: Jan 2012
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Spent the holidays with some relatives on the East Coast this past week. Took flight out this morning back home. Regular and priority security lanes were a complete mess at the airport due to weather cancellations and delays. Kept getting the growl 'n scowl as DH and I made our way to the TSA Precheck lane which only had the two of us. Had scanned our boarding passes and both of us had the magic "3's". Heard a lot of disgruntled comments coming from the other security lanes, but hey we paid for it and the system worked as designed.
Dec 29, 2012, 3:21 pm
#1057
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Dec 29, 2012, 11:25 pm
#1058
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I have cleared PreCheck multiple times in PHL at the C concourse. PreCheck status attained thru DL not USAir.
Edited to add: It make sense that is should work this way. One has to presume (and, for so many reasons, hope) that it is a TSA computer and not a DL computer that is selecting who gets the pass. So, it should be independent of what airline is the predominate carrier at a particular checkpoint.
Edited to add: It make sense that is should work this way. One has to presume (and, for so many reasons, hope) that it is a TSA computer and not a DL computer that is selecting who gets the pass. So, it should be independent of what airline is the predominate carrier at a particular checkpoint.
Dec 30, 2012, 9:07 am
#1059
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Dec 30, 2012, 10:37 am
#1061
Join Date: Oct 2012
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So I'm a GM. No global entry. Delta sent me an email when I turned GM to make sure I "opt in". I'm pretty sure I've been denied pre-check the two times I tried because my delta profile only has my middle initial. I need to call and make the change. No biggie.
Anyways...
I noticed that at Detroit they now have a line for precheck and one for priority. Assuming that I have been enrolled in pre-check (I guess I don't know if I have) I just jumped in that line. I was denied the pre-check but still was the only one in that line and went straight to the scanning.
Is there a way to know if I'm for sure enrolled in Pre-check by delta? I mean I really don't care that much but is it dishonest for me to jump in the pre-check line? I rarely fly out of precheck airports (PBI and TVC are my main departing airports) but it'd be nice to know. The new FLL precheck is glorious looking though so if I have to fly out of there I really want everything to be lined up.
Anyways...
I noticed that at Detroit they now have a line for precheck and one for priority. Assuming that I have been enrolled in pre-check (I guess I don't know if I have) I just jumped in that line. I was denied the pre-check but still was the only one in that line and went straight to the scanning.
Is there a way to know if I'm for sure enrolled in Pre-check by delta? I mean I really don't care that much but is it dishonest for me to jump in the pre-check line? I rarely fly out of precheck airports (PBI and TVC are my main departing airports) but it'd be nice to know. The new FLL precheck is glorious looking though so if I have to fly out of there I really want everything to be lined up.
Dec 30, 2012, 10:52 am
#1062
Join Date: Nov 2009
Programs: DL PM 1MM
Posts: 3,441
So I'm a GM. No global entry. Delta sent me an email when I turned GM to make sure I "opt in". I'm pretty sure I've been denied pre-check the two times I tried because my delta profile only has my middle initial. I need to call and make the change. No biggie.
Anyways...
I noticed that at Detroit they now have a line for precheck and one for priority. Assuming that I have been enrolled in pre-check (I guess I don't know if I have) I just jumped in that line. I was denied the pre-check but still was the only one in that line and went straight to the scanning.
Is there a way to know if I'm for sure enrolled in Pre-check by delta? I mean I really don't care that much but is it dishonest for me to jump in the pre-check line? I rarely fly out of precheck airports (PBI and TVC are my main departing airports) but it'd be nice to know. The new FLL precheck is glorious looking though so if I have to fly out of there I really want everything to be lined up.
Anyways...
I noticed that at Detroit they now have a line for precheck and one for priority. Assuming that I have been enrolled in pre-check (I guess I don't know if I have) I just jumped in that line. I was denied the pre-check but still was the only one in that line and went straight to the scanning.
Is there a way to know if I'm for sure enrolled in Pre-check by delta? I mean I really don't care that much but is it dishonest for me to jump in the pre-check line? I rarely fly out of precheck airports (PBI and TVC are my main departing airports) but it'd be nice to know. The new FLL precheck is glorious looking though so if I have to fly out of there I really want everything to be lined up.
Second, check an existing upcoming reservation. Bring up the reservation and select "> Passenger Information". You'll see a section labeled "Secure Flight Passenger Data". Make sure this section matches your government-issued ID. Click the check box that says "Save my Secure Flight Passenger Data".
This check indicates your consent to store your Secure Flight Passenger Data consistent with our privacy policy. For Delta members, by checking this box, you also consent to Delta Air Lines, Inc. sharing your information with TSA to be considered for TSA Pre √ ™ at select TSA checkpoints.
Dec 30, 2012, 11:45 am
#1063
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I am flying out of LGA on Tuesday and I know precheck is only in terminal D not C at LGA. If my flight is out of C and I am checking a bag, can I use the luggage check in at D instead of C and hope for precheck and just use the concourse to walk over or do I have to check my bag in C? Being New Year's Day, I am thinking it would be quicker to just do precheck in D (if my boarding pass code ends in 3) and walk over to C than to deal with the crowds at C
Dec 30, 2012, 12:33 pm
#1064
Join Date: Oct 2012
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First, logon to DL.com. Click on "Go to My Delta", then "View My Profile", then click "Open" for "Basic Info". On the "Basic Info" page there is a section labeled "Secure Flight Passenger Data". Make sure THIS information matches your government-issued ID (presumably a driver license). If your government-issued ID uses your full middle name, list your full middle name. If middle initial, list middle initial. The point is to make this info match your ID.
Second, check an existing upcoming reservation. Bring up the reservation and select "> Passenger Information". You'll see a section labeled "Secure Flight Passenger Data". Make sure this section matches your government-issued ID. Click the check box that says "Save my Secure Flight Passenger Data".
You will want to check each upcoming reservation's Secure Flight Passenger Data until you start to consistently get TSA PreCheck to make sure the data in each reservation record matches your government-issued ID. It is the Secure Flight Passenger Data as saved in each reservation that is sent to TSA for precheck eligibility, which is why you need to check each upcoming reservation to make sure it's right.
Second, check an existing upcoming reservation. Bring up the reservation and select "> Passenger Information". You'll see a section labeled "Secure Flight Passenger Data". Make sure this section matches your government-issued ID. Click the check box that says "Save my Secure Flight Passenger Data".
You will want to check each upcoming reservation's Secure Flight Passenger Data until you start to consistently get TSA PreCheck to make sure the data in each reservation record matches your government-issued ID. It is the Secure Flight Passenger Data as saved in each reservation that is sent to TSA for precheck eligibility, which is why you need to check each upcoming reservation to make sure it's right.
Dec 30, 2012, 12:37 pm
#1065
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Assuming of course you're traveling on an eligible itinerary (domestic US).