My InLaws just got Pre-Check but shouldn't have
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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My InLaws just got Pre-Check but shouldn't have
I thought the TSA had stopped providing free Pre-Check to folks that haven't paid for this benefit? My inlaws have just received it twice in the last week?
What isn't everyone asked to pay their fare share and pay for this benefit as the vast majority of folks already do to receive the benefits?
I thought the managed inclusion approach that was so unfair to people that paid for Pre-Check and went through the vetting process had been stopped?
What isn't everyone asked to pay their fare share and pay for this benefit as the vast majority of folks already do to receive the benefits?
I thought the managed inclusion approach that was so unfair to people that paid for Pre-Check and went through the vetting process had been stopped?
#3
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+1 - Perhaps all of the "Least Important" threads could be merged? There must be some commonalities which could benefit everyone.
After all if some UA flier's in laws got a free pass through Pre-Check isn't it just as unfair and undeserving?
After all if some UA flier's in laws got a free pass through Pre-Check isn't it just as unfair and undeserving?
#4
Join Date: Apr 2008
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TSA has stopped provinding free random Pre-check at the airport . (The TSOs at the security line with an i-pad. )They did not stop giving pre-check to (mainly elderly people) 48 hours before scheduled departure.
P.S.: I would not start a fight with my in-laws over this 'privilage'.
P.S.: I would not start a fight with my in-laws over this 'privilage'.
#7
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How is this a WN-related post? Even if they were traveling on WN, your gripe is with TSA/DHS. This is firmly a TravelBuzz forum-worthy post, not WN.
Last edited by Carpboy823; Apr 17, 2017 at 10:13 am
#9
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It's not often that someone complains that someone else (let alone a relative) DID NOT get the full treatment of the TSA piggishness.
If you didn't pay for precheck but got it anyway you would purposely go through all their b......t just to be "fair"?
Stupidest complaint ever
If you didn't pay for precheck but got it anyway you would purposely go through all their b......t just to be "fair"?
Stupidest complaint ever
#10
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: HHSilver;SWACompanion;AA;CO
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Holiday dinner's must be a ton of fun at this guy's house..............
We fly SW exclusively. We haven't paid for PreCheck, and we get odd combinations between the 2 of us every time we fly out of our home airport---about 50% of the time we both get it and about 50% of the time just I get it [and DH gets full screening]. When flying home, the percentages differ, but I usually get it about 80% of the time.
It's not worth our time and money to go through the process, if it's not necessary.
We fly SW exclusively. We haven't paid for PreCheck, and we get odd combinations between the 2 of us every time we fly out of our home airport---about 50% of the time we both get it and about 50% of the time just I get it [and DH gets full screening]. When flying home, the percentages differ, but I usually get it about 80% of the time.
It's not worth our time and money to go through the process, if it's not necessary.
#11
Join Date: Mar 2016
Programs: Southwest RR, DL SkyMiles, AAdvantage
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I flew with my parents to Las Vegas. My mother and I were on one reservation, my father was on a separate one. He got Pre on the way there, but not on the return. it was the opposite on the way back - we got Pre, but my father didn't.
You never know. I have never gotten Pre when on a reservation by myself, though.
I should add that these were both roundtrip tickets.
You never know. I have never gotten Pre when on a reservation by myself, though.
I should add that these were both roundtrip tickets.
#12
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,286
"Managed inclusion" (randomization at the airport) has ended.
Also, TSA has significantly reduced access to those not enrolled.
More info here:
Also, TSA has significantly reduced access to those not enrolled.
For those who are enrolled in TSA Pre✓® and have received your Known Traveler Number, you’re all set for takeoff! However, we want to make Customers aware that if you haven’t enrolled in the TSA Pre✓® program, but routinely receive the TSA Pre✓® designation on your travel documents, that in early February 2017, TSA significantly reduced access to TSA Pre✓® expedited screening based on frequent flyer activity for non-enrolled travelers. This change is to ensure more Customers are vetted through the official TSA enrollment and screening process.
Importantly, the TSA has worked to reduce vulnerabilities in the program, such as the “managed inclusion” process, which has been ended. This process allowed random individuals to receive PreCheck privileges without being approved through the TSA process.
Managed inclusion raised security concerns, especially after a traveler with serious criminal convictions was given TSA PreCheck status through managed inclusion.
While this process was implemented due to the lack of participation in PreCheck at its start-up, the expansion of the program and increasing number of participants means managed inclusion is unnecessary, especially given its security issues.
More recently, the TSA has announced that frequent fliers, who often are given access to PreCheck lines, will be increasingly moved to traditional lines as participation in the program increases.
Managed inclusion raised security concerns, especially after a traveler with serious criminal convictions was given TSA PreCheck status through managed inclusion.
While this process was implemented due to the lack of participation in PreCheck at its start-up, the expansion of the program and increasing number of participants means managed inclusion is unnecessary, especially given its security issues.
More recently, the TSA has announced that frequent fliers, who often are given access to PreCheck lines, will be increasingly moved to traditional lines as participation in the program increases.
#14
Join Date: Apr 2017
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If your in-laws have any relationship to the government that requires them to have a security screening as a part of that relationship, that might be the case. I've also noticed that my parents too get Pre-Check a lot but didn't formally apply for it.
This is just a speculative guess on my part.
This is just a speculative guess on my part.
#15
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The TSA has numerous times over the past two years said that they will end the managed inclusion, but nothing seems to happen. I seem to get the "free" PreCheck on every second of my flights