Pre-Check is starting! Login and look for Opt-in box (was: coming later this year)
Mar 26, 2013, 1:59 am
#16
Join Date: May 2006
Location: TUS/PDX
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Probably the best thing to happen to SNA was adding an additional checkpoint. It took a lot of people away from the other two.
Mar 26, 2013, 10:12 am
#17
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 4,870
If you're not checking a bag at SNA, clearing security at A or B is always easier than the WN mess. All the kiosks by the doors at SNA can print WN BPs.
Probably the best thing to happen to SNA was adding an additional checkpoint. It took a lot of people away from the other two.
Probably the best thing to happen to SNA was adding an additional checkpoint. It took a lot of people away from the other two.
Apr 16, 2013, 2:51 am
#19
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Austin, TX
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I joined pre-check as an AA PLT member but have a WN flt out of AUS in a few months. Any chance I'll be able to use pre-check? I don't think so since on the AA forum we use bar code readers on our phones to check our BPs to verify they show pre-check approval so if WN doesn't support it I assume they can't add the required info to my BP. I have no status with WN and my profile does not show a place to add my pre-check info.
Apr 16, 2013, 7:05 am
#20
Join Date: May 2006
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Besides, if it's like the other airlines, you'll need to be invited by WN or have a PASS ID from CBP.
Apr 16, 2013, 8:04 am
#21
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Minneapolis, originally from Cincinnati
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I joined pre-check as an AA PLT member but have a WN flt out of AUS in a few months. Any chance I'll be able to use pre-check? I don't think so since on the AA forum we use bar code readers on our phones to check our BPs to verify they show pre-check approval so if WN doesn't support it I assume they can't add the required info to my BP. I have no status with WN and my profile does not show a place to add my pre-check info.
And even if that were to happen, you would need to be a member of a trust government program such as GE or be invited by WN. Being eligible through an invite of an airline will only work on flights flown with that airport and it also doesn't guarantee you will get the three beeps anyway.
If you have your precheck status through GE it will work with any airline you are flying on that participates with Precheck providing your info is entered in your profile with that airline.
Apr 16, 2013, 9:43 am
#22
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: SW Michigan, ex SF Bay Area
Posts: 831
According to the article quoted in post 3 of this thread, Pistole said that Southwest "should join the program later this year". There was another article back in December that said that "the TSA is also in discussions with Southwest, JetBlue, Hawaiian and Frontier".
But yes, Pre✓ qualification via frequent flier status on one airline does not transfer to another airline.
Apr 16, 2013, 10:40 am
#23
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Minneapolis, originally from Cincinnati
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AUS has a Pre✓ lane now.
According to the article quoted in post 3 of this thread, Pistole said that Southwest "should join the program later this year". There was another article back in December that said that "the TSA is also in discussions with Southwest, JetBlue, Hawaiian and Frontier".
But yes, Pre✓ qualification via frequent flier status on one airline does not transfer to another airline.
According to the article quoted in post 3 of this thread, Pistole said that Southwest "should join the program later this year". There was another article back in December that said that "the TSA is also in discussions with Southwest, JetBlue, Hawaiian and Frontier".
But yes, Pre✓ qualification via frequent flier status on one airline does not transfer to another airline.
If airlines have different entrances for securty at an airport, it doesn't necessarily mean precheck will be available for every airline. I have precheck through GE and am a FF with both AA and DL. If I fly DL out of Miami, precheck isn't available at their entrances but it is if I fly AA. If I fly AA out of DTW, precheck wouldn't be available for me but it would be if I was on DL.
Apr 16, 2013, 12:55 pm
#24
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: SW Michigan, ex SF Bay Area
Posts: 831
I knew AUS had precheck but thought WN had their own security lanes. If all airlines use the same security lanes, then precheck would work on a WN flight as soon as they are part of the program.
If airlines have different entrances for securty at an airport, it doesn't necessarily mean precheck will be available for every airline. I have precheck through GE and am a FF with both AA and DL. If I fly DL out of Miami, precheck isn't available at their entrances but it is if I fly AA. If I fly AA out of DTW, precheck wouldn't be available for me but it would be if I was on DL.
If airlines have different entrances for securty at an airport, it doesn't necessarily mean precheck will be available for every airline. I have precheck through GE and am a FF with both AA and DL. If I fly DL out of Miami, precheck isn't available at their entrances but it is if I fly AA. If I fly AA out of DTW, precheck wouldn't be available for me but it would be if I was on DL.
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Apr 16, 2013, 1:02 pm
#25
Join Date: May 2011
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Apr 16, 2013, 1:09 pm
#26
Join Date: May 2006
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I usually clear at the checkpoint by AA since it seems to move faster.
Apr 16, 2013, 2:24 pm
#27
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Houston (HOU/IAH)
Programs: WN, UA, DL, AA, Chase UR, Amex MR
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That's correct, and TSA will even encourage people to go though the AA/pre check checkpoint when when the one by WN starts to get backed up.
Apr 18, 2013, 1:41 am
#30
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Location: Central Texas
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AUS added a "temporary" fourth security checkpoint last fall. A permanent fourth security checkpoint is supposed to arrive in 2015. All gates are connected airside, so pax of any airline are free to use whichever security line best suits their needs.