LGA Terminal B - Dedicated Pre-check on not?
 

Hi,

Debating flying Jetblue LGA-MCO; all flights from Terminal B. Is there a dedicated pre-check lane or only an expedited lane?

Thank you

Just adding another question, which concourse in Terminal B (Central Terminal) does B6 fly out of?

Thinking of some flights out of LGA instead of JFK, I know there are four fingers A thru D all with their own security entrance, I'm usually Delta which B is the only terminal they do not fly out of.

Anyone????

Pretty sure most B6 flights are out of the A pier of the CTB now and that it does have a proper PreCheck lane. Some might still be out of the B pier which does not have real Pre but I'm not sure.

I will be at LGA in CTB Thursday evening 8p not B6 related, probably won't help OP but will try to find out.

According to the Port Authority's official LGA site, all B6 flights now operate out of the CTB's Concourse A, which does have PreCheck, in theory.

The issue, of course, is what hours the PreCheck lane is actually open.

It is Concourse D and yes there is a dedicated PreCheck lane. Unfortunately, the hours have been cut. I took 2 6:30am flights last month and both times PreCheck was closed at 5am due to lack of staffing. That has never been the case for me before last month.

Concourse D

LGA's Central Terminal Building (Terminal B)'s Concourse D is all AA. B6 does not operate from there.

As of last Thursday, B6 at LGA is out of concourse A at Terminal B a.k.a. Central Terminal. This concourse is the first one in the direction of traffic dropping people off.
Actually B6 was at the first two gates closest to the roadway as two of their planes (couldn't get the names) could be clearly seen from the roadway.
FWIW

Yes they have those 2 gates(A2 and A4?) and then they have a shared gate with F9 and NK directly opposite those 2. Though I don't think NK is actively listed at the gate. I have a friend who is an NK pilot.

No. There are not dedicated Pre-Check lines at LGA - at least not in B to the Southwest gates. My experience was that you have to mention Pre-Check at the initial ID/BP check and they stamp your boarding pass with "Expedited Screening". Once you get to the line for screening, you show your BP to the person sorting people at the line. You go through a dedicated line and then re-enter with the masses at the area where you grab the bins to run your stuff (and yourself) through the scanner. Again, you show your BP to the agent there - you have to take off your belt and any other metal, take your laptop out of the bag, but oddly, keep your shoes on.

All in all...it's a pain and it's nonsense, but just know that once you get past security it only goes even more down hill. The Southwest concourse at LGA, and really LGA as a whole, is like flying through Guatemala. They really need to raze the entire airport and start over. The fact that a major airport serving that many people doesn't have a better baggage drop off system, TSA Pre, and decent amenities is just sad.

The Southwest Concourse is the only section without dedicated PreCheck. The rest of the security checkpoints have them. The bigger issue is with TSA cuts and what hours are operational.

Have you been to the Delta or AA terminals at LGA?

any update on this ? do the southwest gates at LGA central terminal have pre check lanes yet ?

No, they do not. But they do have a lane for Even More Speed/Mosaic customers. It doesn't help much but it's better than nothing.