tusphotog

Doubtful. Alaska doesn't pick up the tab, neither do VX, US or (I think) AA.

You can't opt in unless invited. If some of the rumors are true, the opt in thing will go away once the TSA ramps up the PreCheck interview program.

If you do any international travel, GE is the best thing around. It's $20/yr for 5 years.

Michael El

Same here.

rsteinmetz70112

I noticed that GK was pushing the TSA "pay to play option".

steved5480

A+ & CP for several years; requalified for both thru 12-31-2014 in May 2013.

Took the expert advice of qwertyasdfghzxcvbn early the morning of the 8th when this all began to come to life & entered my GE number in the TT field. Perhaps WN's crack automation hadn't yet had time to post the blue-box-special "invite" and/or observed I had already signed-up. Or not.

Excuse the quasi-highjack.....

LAS-specific report as of Sunday @ 5pm:

When I asked how/where they plan to handle Pre-Check, The TSA clerk manning the A/A+/BS/Employee line at the top of the escalators (to your left) reports they're going to use "Managed Access" (her words). Sounds a lot like random-kettle-pickery, but who knows.

She proudly showed me her "new reader", firmly attached to the Customer-side of her podium. Presumably serves the same function as the little handheld gizmos at other stations.

I found a 3-stripe (supervisor) TSA clerk on the other side of screening; HE said LAS was going to do Pre- all the way down at the far-right of the normal lanes, but that they "aren't ready yet".

As we all know, YMMV. And likely will.

bofc

A+ and CP for the last several years. Just got the PRE opt in invitation tonight when going on-line (home airport is OAK - not sure if that makes a difference).

anabolism

If your eligibility is via airline nomination, it does not matter for Pre-Check expedited screening selection if your name in the Secure Flight Data exactly matches the name in your I.D. As you say, if your eligibility is via Global Entry/SENTRI/NEXUS, the names must exactly match to the character.

Travel agent bookings do often append the middle name to the first name field, but as long as they add a space (which they do in my experience), it is still a match and you are fine. If they omit the space, as in your example, it will not match.

nsx

OAK T2 will have pre-check boarding pass scanners and be operational tomorrow, November 12, according to the staff there.

chuckworth

Pre-Check at MDW is live and running as of this morning, Nov 11th. Far right lane (shared with Priority). Process was so easy and quick as I cleared security in less than 5 minutes at 8am this morning. Big thumbs up for first experience at MDW!

lougord99

So, if I don't have pre-check at MDW, is the priority lane still available to me?

chuckworth

The far right priority lane at MDW has a TSA pre-check scanner before the ID checkpoint. This is where the lane splits into two. If you have pre-check, you are directed to the right. If you don't, you are directed to the left. I believe the left is still a priority lane but not entirely sure since I went right over to the screening section closest to the C gates.

qwertyasdfghzxcvbn

As a reminder to everybody, you received the opt-in check box on your account (A+ and CP). Did you rebook your flight after opting-in, or did you leave it as originally booked? (I'm guessing the latter since you wouldn't need to put in a KT#.)

I'm still interested in the experience of those that did not receive the opt-in check box and instead used a KT#.

Quie

Saw the TSA Pre line at FLL this morning, but it was not live yet. However, I was able to add my GE/TSA-Pre # to my SW account page.

tusphotog

SFO and PDX have PreCheck set up already. SFO is on the far right of the checkpoint, next to the employee cafeteria. A tip for PDX, the D/E checkpoint is usually faster, except in the mornings.

I'll be through PHX a little later this week. Hopefully they're up and running with a PreCheck line on the WN side.

Read this post from the DL PreCheck thread. It seems like your name does matter even if you opt in. I don't have any experience since I've always used my TT#, so I don't know how accurate the poster's comments are. I could see them pulling info from the DMV and having a name mismatch there.

Not sure about MDW specifically, but PDX shares a priority lane and PreCheck lane. You can use it if you're not cleared for PreCheck, you just get funneled to the regular lines once you get your ID checked.

ohange

Let me pose a question about Precheck here, since it would be off base for me to start a new Precheck thread...

I'm A+ / CP with SWA. But, I'm done flying them for the year (I think. Maybe one or two round trips, we'll see how it goes)...

So, If I'm at that status level with SWA, can I opt-in beginning the 13th, and will that get me a KT# that I can copy down and use on other airlines?

I'm on a temporary PLT with AA at the moment, but they haven't given me Precheck yet. I won't have enough flights to keep AA/PLT.

derv88

Confirmed. Had same experience today at MDW but just got blue box last night so pass didn't say TSA Pre. Went through normal priority lane and the above is accurate.