ATL TSA Pre✓ Oddity
Feb 22, 2013, 5:35 am
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ATL TSA Pre✓ Oddity
Don't count on TSA Pre✓ working if your flight leaves from ATL F Concourse.
Third time denied.
Even on purely-domestic runs like ATL-SEA or ATL-JFK, scheduled TATL/TPAC livery departing the new F concourse likely means you're SOL at TSA Pre✓.
Third time denied.
Even on purely-domestic runs like ATL-SEA or ATL-JFK, scheduled TATL/TPAC livery departing the new F concourse likely means you're SOL at TSA Pre✓.
Feb 22, 2013, 6:12 am
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Or any ATL-PHL flights, actually.
Feb 22, 2013, 6:14 am
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She needs to be fired!
Feb 22, 2013, 6:40 am
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Um, no, but it disproves your initial statement, "Don't count on TSA Pre✓ working if your flight leaves from ATL F Concourse." Doesn't it?
Last edited by CJKatl; Feb 22, 2013 at 7:00 am
Feb 22, 2013, 6:56 am
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There's randomness built into the PreCheck system no one gets it 100% of the time.
When people don't get it, there's a tendency to look for explanations (the flight departed from the international terminal, DL IT is incompetent), but I think the more likely explanation is just luck of the draw.
When people don't get it, there's a tendency to look for explanations (the flight departed from the international terminal, DL IT is incompetent), but I think the more likely explanation is just luck of the draw.
Feb 22, 2013, 7:12 am
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Feb 22, 2013, 7:15 am
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I am sure it is in the other threads, but what should one be looking for on their Delta profile to determine if the data is correct?
Feb 22, 2013, 7:17 am
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Is there even a PreCheck line at all if you ENTER via the F terminal? International flights do not offer PreCheck (or so they told me).
If you entered via the Domestic terminal and your domestic flight just happened to be departing from F then you should get PreCheck except for the random exceptions (and it has happened to me) noted above.
If you entered via the Domestic terminal and your domestic flight just happened to be departing from F then you should get PreCheck except for the random exceptions (and it has happened to me) noted above.
Last edited by keeton; Feb 22, 2013 at 7:27 am
Feb 22, 2013, 7:21 am
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And they screwed up the sky bonus transfer as well.....
Last edited by longing4piedmont; Feb 22, 2013 at 7:47 am
Feb 22, 2013, 7:48 am
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First name, middle name, last name, EXACT match and in the proper fields. Then TT # must be correct. In my case the number was dropped, the re entered incorrectly. Then the names didn't match and they put first and middle name together in first name field.
And they screwed up the sky bonus transfer as well.....
And they screwed up the sky bonus transfer as well.....
Feb 22, 2013, 7:56 am
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My solution, don't use the TT field (even though I'm enrolled in GE). Never had an issue. Seems like most of the people who are having issues are the ones who use TT. AFAICT, there's really no need to use it if you are Gold or above as Delta has already enrolled you. Seems like it's just creates a greater chance of things mis-matching, getting messed up, etc., etc. Remember, this is the TSA. Keep things simple!
Feb 22, 2013, 7:57 am
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Feb 22, 2013, 8:06 am
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First name, middle name, last name, EXACT match and in the proper fields. Then TT # must be correct. In my case the number was dropped, then re entered incorrectly. Then the names didn't match and they put first and middle name together in first name field.
And they screwed up the sky bonus transfer as well.....
And they screwed up the sky bonus transfer as well.....
But when I go to book a ticket it comes up as First Middle in the First filed, blank Middle field, and then Last. Cause for concern?