ATL South Pre Check 1/14/19 Heads Up
Jan 14, 2019, 5:13 pm
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ABC evening news just said the airport is saying arrive at least 3 hours before your flight starting tomorrow morning, for the duration until the shutdown is over. 
Jan 14, 2019, 6:03 pm
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I wonder how bad it could get before the airlines find a way to step in. Not sure what exactly that would be personal loans, pay tsa who then pays employees, etc. at some point it might make business sense. Bookings are or probably will go down if people decide to much hassle and they will wait for it to be over.
Jan 14, 2019, 7:18 pm
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I am currently in OTP flying to AMS-ATL before ending in OKC.
What kind of issues will be face trying to get through arrival international security? I remember maybe 18 months ago when coming back from Costa Rica that the elite security line was gone and the lines were extremely long. I never did know what this happened.
What kind of issues will be face trying to get through arrival international security? I remember maybe 18 months ago when coming back from Costa Rica that the elite security line was gone and the lines were extremely long. I never did know what this happened.
Jan 14, 2019, 9:33 pm
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If you arrive at F, remember that there's the option to follow exit signs, go upstairs, and do TSA security as if you were originating at ATL in the international terminal. Unfortunately this choice is irreversible and you can't see the lines upstairs or verify whether PreCheck is open before you're committed.
Jan 14, 2019, 10:17 pm
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One ended up getting rebooked to a later flight, the other went into their office and just VTCed into the meeting.
I know that flying out of ATL I do a lot of very long day trips to DC and Philly especially, once you hit a few hours delay or canceled or missed, you might as well just skip the trip and call it in.
Jan 15, 2019, 12:46 am
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If you arrive at F, remember that there's the option to follow exit signs, go upstairs, and do TSA security as if you were originating at ATL in the international terminal. Unfortunately this choice is irreversible and you can't see the lines upstairs or verify whether PreCheck is open before you're committed.
A friend who was at the same conference in Romania told me it took 70 minutes to get through customs and security at ATL international arrivals. He does not have GE.
Jan 15, 2019, 3:26 am
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IIRC if you don't have a checked bag, when you arrive at E you can follow the exit signs and do immigration and customs at F. Then you would have the option of doing TSA security as a connecting passenger from an international arrival or as a passenger originating in ATL. If you have checked bags for a domestic connecting flight and you arrive at E, there's no choice but to do immigration and customs in E and then go through TSA security in the basement of E. It's annoying when this causes you to get stuck in long lines with no CLEAR or even PreCheck lite option.
Jan 15, 2019, 7:38 am
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The story of the security lines at ATL yesterday became big national news by Monday evening.
And nowhere was this story covered better, and earlier than by FT beginning with the OP of this thread.
Between the posted photos, updates, and even great advice which saved one traveler a delay by checking in at International, FT was all over this story.
And nowhere was this story covered better, and earlier than by FT beginning with the OP of this thread.
Between the posted photos, updates, and even great advice which saved one traveler a delay by checking in at International, FT was all over this story.
Jan 15, 2019, 8:05 am
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The story of the security lines at ATL yesterday became big national news by Monday evening.
And nowhere was this story covered better, and earlier than by FT beginning with the OP of this thread.
Between the posted photos, updates, and even great advice which saved one traveler a delay by checking in at International, FT was all over this story.
And nowhere was this story covered better, and earlier than by FT beginning with the OP of this thread.
Between the posted photos, updates, and even great advice which saved one traveler a delay by checking in at International, FT was all over this story.
Jan 15, 2019, 8:19 am
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The story of the security lines at ATL yesterday became big national news by Monday evening.
And nowhere was this story covered better, and earlier than by FT beginning with the OP of this thread.
Between the posted photos, updates, and even great advice which saved one traveler a delay by checking in at International, FT was all over this story.
And nowhere was this story covered better, and earlier than by FT beginning with the OP of this thread.
Between the posted photos, updates, and even great advice which saved one traveler a delay by checking in at International, FT was all over this story.
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Jan 15, 2019, 8:37 am
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Just got this from a TSA press release. Wait times from yesterday.
Nationwide, TSA screened 1.89 million passengers yesterday (Monday, Jan. 14). Overall, 99.1 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes; 94.3 percent of passengers less than 15 minutes. In TSA Pre✓®lanes, passengers on average waited less than 10 minutes.
Yesterday’s complete figures show that TSA experienced a national rate of 6.8 percent of unscheduled absences compared to a 2.5 percent rate one year ago on the same day, Monday, January 15, 2018. Due to security concerns, specific airport call-out information is generally not available to the public. Aviation security remains an essential priority, and TSA does not want to create any perception that an adversary could use specific information to determine possible vulnerabilities.
Nationwide, TSA screened 1.89 million passengers yesterday (Monday, Jan. 14). Overall, 99.1 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes; 94.3 percent of passengers less than 15 minutes. In TSA Pre✓®lanes, passengers on average waited less than 10 minutes.
Yesterday’s complete figures show that TSA experienced a national rate of 6.8 percent of unscheduled absences compared to a 2.5 percent rate one year ago on the same day, Monday, January 15, 2018. Due to security concerns, specific airport call-out information is generally not available to the public. Aviation security remains an essential priority, and TSA does not want to create any perception that an adversary could use specific information to determine possible vulnerabilities.
Jan 15, 2019, 9:13 am
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Just got this from a TSA press release. Wait times from yesterday.
Nationwide, TSA screened 1.89 million passengers yesterday (Monday, Jan. 14). Overall, 99.1 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes; 94.3 percent of passengers less than 15 minutes. In TSA Pre✓®lanes, passengers on average waited less than 10 minutes.
Yesterday’s complete figures show that TSA experienced a national rate of 6.8 percent of unscheduled absences compared to a 2.5 percent rate one year ago on the same day, Monday, January 15, 2018. Due to security concerns, specific airport call-out information is generally not available to the public. Aviation security remains an essential priority, and TSA does not want to create any perception that an adversary could use specific information to determine possible vulnerabilities.
Nationwide, TSA screened 1.89 million passengers yesterday (Monday, Jan. 14). Overall, 99.1 percent of passengers waited less than 30 minutes; 94.3 percent of passengers less than 15 minutes. In TSA Pre✓®lanes, passengers on average waited less than 10 minutes.
Yesterday’s complete figures show that TSA experienced a national rate of 6.8 percent of unscheduled absences compared to a 2.5 percent rate one year ago on the same day, Monday, January 15, 2018. Due to security concerns, specific airport call-out information is generally not available to the public. Aviation security remains an essential priority, and TSA does not want to create any perception that an adversary could use specific information to determine possible vulnerabilities.