Free PreCheck is Officially Gone - Is Your Inclusion Rate Down?
Sep 17, 2015, 3:04 pm
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Free PreCheck is Officially Gone - Is Your Inclusion Rate Down?
In April, the TSA said that it would cut back on free PreCheck including PreCheck that flyers received by virtue of elite status.
Earlier this week, it ended its free program.
Are you seeing a change in inclusion (presuming you are not enrolled)? (I'm in GE and haven't flown yet since the change so it wouldn't apply to me but I'm curious what others are seeing)
TSA Ends Free PreCheck at Nation’s Airports
Earlier this week, it ended its free program.
Are you seeing a change in inclusion (presuming you are not enrolled)? (I'm in GE and haven't flown yet since the change so it wouldn't apply to me but I'm curious what others are seeing)
TSA Ends Free PreCheck at Nation’s Airports
The Transportation Security Administration quietly ended its Managed Inclusion Program on Monday.
The program allowed travelers who were not enrolled in a trusted traveler program but were nevertheless deemed to be low risk to use the PreCheck security lane at airports across the country....
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The program allowed travelers who were not enrolled in a trusted traveler program but were nevertheless deemed to be low risk to use the PreCheck security lane at airports across the country....
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Last edited by jspira; Sep 17, 2015 at 3:25 pm
Sep 17, 2015, 5:33 pm
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GE here as well. Maybe we'll be back to the early day when the users really were frequent flyers. I've had too many people in front of me with no clue what to do in the line and times where the line was longer than the normal one. Seemed like a lot of total randoms, not just people with status. Anyone know if that random inclusion has stopped as well?
Sep 17, 2015, 5:36 pm
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Sep 17, 2015, 5:50 pm
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GE here as well. Maybe we'll be back to the early day when the users really were frequent flyers. I've had too many people in front of me with no clue what to do in the line and times where the line was longer than the normal one. Seemed like a lot of total randoms, not just people with status. Anyone know if that random inclusion has stopped as well?
Sep 17, 2015, 5:56 pm
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Until Monday, when the possibility of getting PreCheck without being enrolled ended.
Sep 17, 2015, 6:11 pm
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I don't believe it. The TSA isn't known for truthfulness - they also say they insure aviation security. The fact remains that the only effect the TSA has on aviation security is to create a logjam at the checkpoint, vulnerable to an attack if anybody wanted to try one. The Uebermenschen program wastes resources, allocating a checkpoint lane to a very small population. The TSA needs to use their resources and let people disperse through the terminal.
Sep 17, 2015, 6:14 pm
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heh, did not even know non-enrolled folks were getting it randomly.
Have it through Global Entry and could no imagine doing it without it. amazing program and definitely saves time.
Beyond it... GE/TSA Pre is Traveling with Dignity.
Have it through Global Entry and could no imagine doing it without it. amazing program and definitely saves time.
Beyond it... GE/TSA Pre is Traveling with Dignity.
Sep 17, 2015, 6:43 pm
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The article said "by virtue of elite status" so I was wondering. I'll have to see what it's like next time I fly. The people around me always seem like they've never seen an airport before and are completely astounded by PreCheck 
Sep 17, 2015, 7:43 pm
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Sep 17, 2015, 7:56 pm
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So I checked in today for my flight tomorrow to SEA with She Who Must Be Obeyed. She was GE a year or so ago as a gift from me. She got PreCheck fairly often then but hasn't gotten in the last 6-8 months or so.
I have GE but She also got PreCheck tomorrow. We are on the same PNR (Amex companion ticket)
I have GE but She also got PreCheck tomorrow. We are on the same PNR (Amex companion ticket)
Sep 17, 2015, 8:25 pm
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Sep 17, 2015, 9:23 pm
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I live and work in the USA on a VISA and so don't qualify for Pre or GE. Getting the occasional PRE on my boarding pass was great. Disappointed that I can't get it (since the USGovt knows all there is to know about me anyway, nothing left to ask/tell).