Sky Priorty vs. PreCheck
Oct 18, 2018, 9:20 pm
#16
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You must be in different Precheck lines than me. I suspect the Priority lines are actually better in this respect, since a lot of random people still seem to be assigned Precheck and they just get confused by the different rules.
Oct 18, 2018, 10:05 pm
#17
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Also I said most, not all passengers. For the most part, most in Pre lane what they're doing.
Oct 19, 2018, 6:31 am
#18
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This depends on location. In some places there's completely independent security setups for priority.
In any case, I'm super skeptical that TSA lines have 6-7 times the processing capacity as regular lines. I'd believe 2-3, but 6-7 seems like a made up number. I certainly can't find any support for it (in admittedly just a few minutes of searching the Internet).
In any case, I'm super skeptical that TSA lines have 6-7 times the processing capacity as regular lines. I'd believe 2-3, but 6-7 seems like a made up number. I certainly can't find any support for it (in admittedly just a few minutes of searching the Internet).
Oct 19, 2018, 8:01 am
#19
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Do you have any citation for that number? It seems implausibly high to me. You could maybe get 6-7 times as many people through a WTMD as a nude-o-scan (although even that would be surprising to me), but taking your laptop and liquids out cannot possibly make the x-ray scanning process that much less efficient.
This is particularly exacerbated by time-consuming tasks such as removing shoes which an experienced traveler has done before holding up the line.
Oct 19, 2018, 8:17 am
#20
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I believe those numbers. A couple weeks ago at SFO the pre-check line was MUCH longer than the SP line--at least three and maybe four times as long. So we went to the SP line--argued with the agent who told us we needed to be in pre-check, and then she let us in. It was the wrong choice. Despite being in a much shorter line, the pre-check line would have absolutely gotten us through faster.
Last edited by jdrtravel; Oct 19, 2018 at 8:38 am
Oct 19, 2018, 8:24 am
#21
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. Is there a Journal of Airport Lines 
Oct 19, 2018, 1:58 pm
#22
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My general policy is that unless the Pre-check line goes into the next county, I’m always going to use it. After pulling out bins and filling them with my laptop, IPad, snacks, liquids, belt, wallet and shoes, then going through the body snanner, then rescuing all those things and dressing myself again, I’m totally stressed and worn out. You don’t appreciate Pre-check until you don’t get it once.