JetBlue and TSA Pre - Every Other Flight
Sep 15, 2015, 11:19 am
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Programs: BA Gold (2x Concorde-ian),AA EXP; HHonors Diamond,Marriott Plat,Starwood Plat
Posts: 215
JetBlue and TSA Pre - Every Other Flight
Is it normal that for the last two years only 50% of my JetBlue checkins result in TSA Pre designation (every other booked r/t ticket)? This also happens on consecutive r/t tickets when traveling with my daughter (she is cleared for TSA Pre). I book my tickets via the jetblue app or their site and my known traveler number is part of my profile.
I'm wondering if JetBlue is trying to promote their paid alternative by not allowing TSA Pre cleared passengers to consistently enjoy faster security checks unless they pay extra for MoreSpeed.
For comparison, flying on AA, DL, and UA always gets me TSA Pre cleared.
I'm wondering if JetBlue is trying to promote their paid alternative by not allowing TSA Pre cleared passengers to consistently enjoy faster security checks unless they pay extra for MoreSpeed.
For comparison, flying on AA, DL, and UA always gets me TSA Pre cleared.
Last edited by solarprobe; Sep 15, 2015 at 11:20 am Reason: Punctuation
Sep 15, 2015, 11:48 am
#2
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: TrueBlue Mosaic, Miles & More Silver, MileagePlus Silver, MarcoPolo Silver, HHonors Gold
Posts: 5
Never had this happen. Flying mainly out of BOS and SFO, but many other airports. My boarding pass almost always has TSA-Pre on it, and if for some reason it isn't there, I just check with the check-in agent and they reprint a new pass with the TSA-Pre stamp. Maybe it helps that I'm also Mosaic, because I've been Mosaic longer than I've been TSA-Pre.
Sep 15, 2015, 1:24 pm
#3
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Programs: BA Gold (2x Concorde-ian),AA EXP; HHonors Diamond,Marriott Plat,Starwood Plat
Posts: 215
Never had this happen. Flying mainly out of BOS and SFO, but many other airports. My boarding pass almost always has TSA-Pre on it, and if for some reason it isn't there, I just check with the check-in agent and they reprint a new pass with the TSA-Pre stamp. Maybe it helps that I'm also Mosaic, because I've been Mosaic longer than I've been TSA-Pre.
Sep 15, 2015, 1:50 pm
#4
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: DCA
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If you have a KTN entered and the name associated with the KTN matches letter-for-letter with the name under which you are ticketed, you should be seeing Pre-Check close to 100% of the time.
There are still some very limited exceptions for purposes of randomness, but they are few and far between.
Mosaic has zippo to do with KTN, but the name under which you book does.
Make sure that there isn't an errant period or space somewhere.
There are still some very limited exceptions for purposes of randomness, but they are few and far between.
Mosaic has zippo to do with KTN, but the name under which you book does.
Make sure that there isn't an errant period or space somewhere.
Sep 16, 2015, 1:07 am
#5
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New England
Programs: American Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Silver
Posts: 5,636
I've never gotten Pre on my BP, but I have been waved into the Pre line at BOS a few times, and have gotten the not-so-random Pre card at LAX twice (where they will simply hand them to anyone traveling alone to get the line moving)
Sep 17, 2015, 12:19 pm
#8
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 558
Everything between the GOES system and the JetBlue reservation must match exactly.
Sep 18, 2015, 4:00 pm
#9
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: TrueBlue
Posts: 195
We just had a random "Pre Check" show up on our return flight to Boston from San Diego. My wife and I had no idea why THIS time it showed up. We've been flying JetBlue exclusively on domestic flights for some time now. Maybe they figured out I'm a DoD civilian.
Sep 23, 2015, 11:22 am
#10
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 116
Frontier
prior to getting global entry, 100% of the time I was given TSA precheck which really helps at airport such at PHL and McCarran. However, recently booked on Frontier and because of the long lines at PHL I almost missed my flight. So even though they had my KT # I was not given TSA precheck. Will stick to major airlines from now on.
Sep 23, 2015, 1:00 pm
#11
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: PSM
Posts: 69,232
The following airlines offer TSA Pre✓®:
Air Canada
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Hawaiian Airlines
JetBlue Airways
OneJet
Southwest Airlines
Sun Country
US Airways
United Airlines
Virgin America
Air Canada
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Hawaiian Airlines
JetBlue Airways
OneJet
Southwest Airlines
Sun Country
US Airways
United Airlines
Virgin America
:-:
Sep 29, 2015, 3:36 pm
#12
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: NYC
Programs: Marriott Platinum, JetBlue Mosaic, Hilton Silver
Posts: 711
I have Global Entry and always have Pre-Check. In fact, I just got back from a trip with my hubby and he had it both ways too. I was shocked as prior trips he did not have it.
Oct 2, 2015, 10:04 am
#13
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: DCA IAD BWI
Programs: AS MVP, Hyatt Diamond, IHG Spire Ambassador, Global Entry, Hertz 5*
Posts: 176
Another data point: I have Global Entry but I don't use that number for my KTN. Since I am a uniformed servicemember (military) I use the DOD ID number on the back of my ID card. This serves as the KTN as long as it's applied to the plane tickets, more info here: http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/news.cfm?ID=18. As a result, I get PreCheck 100% of the time.
There are stories of folks who misplaced a dash or transposed a letter in their name, and don't get PreCheck. Mrs. AD, who uses her global entry number, fails to get PreCheck once in a while (roughly 1/5 flights).
-AD
There are stories of folks who misplaced a dash or transposed a letter in their name, and don't get PreCheck. Mrs. AD, who uses her global entry number, fails to get PreCheck once in a while (roughly 1/5 flights).
-AD
Nov 5, 2015, 8:35 am
#15
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 59
