Getting past airport security with an arriving ticket
Jul 10, 2021, 4:08 pm
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Getting past airport security with an arriving ticket
Scenario: We just landed at JFK and have some hours to kill before heading to the airport hotel. Can my wife grab a seat at this lounge (airside) while I go get our luggage from the baggage carousel, and then come back through security to join her? The luggage has no off-limit fluids or any other prohibited items. In short, can I go through airport security with an arriving boarding pass instead of a departing boarding pass? I have TSA Precheck, but I presume that makes no difference.
Thanks,
Thanks,
Jul 10, 2021, 4:20 pm
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Scenario: We just landed at JFK and have some hours to kill before heading to the airport hotel. Can my wife grab a seat at this lounge (airside) while I go get our luggage from the baggage carousel, and then come back through security to join her? The luggage has no off-limit fluids or any other prohibited items. In short, can I go through airport security with an arriving boarding pass instead of a departing boarding pass? I have TSA Precheck, but I presume that makes no difference.
Thanks,
Thanks,
"Great question. As long as your boarding pass is valid for the date of travel, you may enter and exit the terminal as needed. You'll be re-screened upon re-entry. -Dawn"
Jul 10, 2021, 4:23 pm
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IME (at MSP), yes, but you won't have PreCheck honored even if it's printed on your boarding pass.
Outside of the USA, I would assume no.
Outside of the USA, I would assume no.
Jul 11, 2021, 9:17 am
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Jul 12, 2021, 12:24 pm
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I did this exact thing. At SEA, the lines for checking luggage was incredibly long. I would miss my flight. I went to security with my huge piece of luggage. They never said a word. After I was through security I did ask a TSA guy about large luggage. They said they don't police luggage size, that responsibility of gate agents.
Jul 12, 2021, 12:39 pm
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IME TSA does police luggage size at some airports, while other airports don't care as long as the luggage fits through the machine. I've seen some machines with an added device to prevent bags that are larger than carryon size from going through them. There also could be issues in places with the new multi-station automated bin system as everything must be placed in a bin rather than just put onto the belt; the bins are pretty small.
Jul 12, 2021, 7:56 pm
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LOL.... this is what I was mainly thinking. It really brings thing to a stop when TSA has to get the, "luggage plunger" to clear the scanning machine.
Jul 13, 2021, 2:31 pm
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I would assume this may be airport specific. Some years ago at Miami I was allowed to go through Security at night for an early morning next day flight but a TSA Supervisor had to approve it. Might be the same kind of situation.
Sep 5, 2021, 3:41 am
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Hi,
If you have a same day boarding pass then yes you can. You will have to go through security twice ( once at T8 and once at the departing terminal). You will also need to allow enough time to transfer between terimnals.
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Sep 5, 2021, 1:07 pm
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I can see there is a lounge specific component to the above, and many thanks for all the good replies above. I'm going to move the thread to the Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues forum where hopefully we will pick up some further useful points.
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Sep 5, 2021, 1:25 pm
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So, it seems the one of the takeaways here is that there is no direct link between TSA and the airlines with regards to an individual BP on a given day (they just want to be sure you have one so there aren't non-fliers mulling around).
A handful of times over the years I've walked up to pre-check and the TSA agent has waved off my BP and just looked at my ID so I guess it makes sense.
A handful of times over the years I've walked up to pre-check and the TSA agent has waved off my BP and just looked at my ID so I guess it makes sense.
Sep 6, 2021, 8:16 am
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So, it seems the one of the takeaways here is that there is no direct link between TSA and the airlines with regards to an individual BP on a given day (they just want to be sure you have one so there aren't non-fliers mulling around).
A handful of times over the years I've walked up to pre-check and the TSA agent has waved off my BP and just looked at my ID so I guess it makes sense.
A handful of times over the years I've walked up to pre-check and the TSA agent has waved off my BP and just looked at my ID so I guess it makes sense.
Sep 6, 2021, 8:33 am
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