Diogenes1789

Rarely fly Souhwest - just printed out a boarding pass, and it doesn't say TSA-pre. These days, I check in through TSA-pre on every other major american airline - Southwest does have my Known Traveller Number. Does Southwest not have TSA pre? Or reserves it for their better customers? Not having access to TSA pre for security means I am not likely to fly Southwest again, unless it is the only option.

NoStressHere

We fly 30+ flights a year with WN. Always get pre-check.... see note below.

Either your number got lost, entered wrong in the system, or somehow you got randomly selected.

Did not get it once. Called in and they re-entered it and all was fine.

Tanic

Yes. WN has full TSA Pre✓®

Often1

WN participates in Pre-Check. It is a TSA-administered program and has nothing to do with your "status" with WN or any other carrier.

If you receive a BP without the Pre-Check logo, you may have been randomly or intentionally deselected or your passenger data may have been screwed up. WN can remove your KTN and then reenter it and you can try reprinting at the airport. If it still does not work, chalk it up to bad luck if it happens just this once. If it continues to happen, you may want to consider applying for a redress number.

phil94028

Check the spelling of your name on the account. If you have a middle name they do some truncation to keep in within a character limit as well.
I have had 100% PRE in probably 100+ flights on WN.

NoStressHere

Please come back and let us know what happened.

thanks

PAX62

Do you have Southwest Rapid Rewards number and entered on your reservation?

nmpls

If you booked your ticket when not logged into your WN account, it won't autofill that.
You can probably go to the gate and get it fixed, you may even just be able to call them. I had a similar issue when I booked though concur after some change and it didn't fill in my KTN, but one call to WN fixed it.

swaMark

Also, we recently added some self service in this area. If you don’t get TSA Precheck you can now re-enter your KTN number on southwest.com when using a tablet or computer. Then you can go through the check in process again to see if pre-check appears after re-entering the number. If that doesn’t help please try to chat with us via the mobile app while logged in. We can double check things on our end.

The Edit KTN feature is coming soon to our mobile apps and our mobile website. Right now you can add, but not re-add a KTN or Redress number in our mobile apps.

One thing we have noticed is that sometimes Customers think that by adding your KTN in your account that it will be automatically populated in your upcoming trips. That does not occur and we’re adding some verbiage to the My Account page to make sure people are aware that you still need to add your KTN to upcoming trips.

Rephrasing for clarity. One thing we have noticed is that some Customers think that the first time they add their KTN in their account that our systems will retroactively apply it to any existing bookings. Once you put it in your account we will add it to new bookings from that point, but we don’t retroactively apply it to your existing bookings. We’re adding some verbiage to make that clearer when you add or change your KTN under your account profile.

As others mentioned, Southwest does not make the Precheck eligibility determination. That decision is made by the TSA and Precheck status is not guaranteed. More details on that can be found at the TSA website. Hope that helps!

NoStressHere

Maybe I am reading this wrong, but I never enter my KTN - it self populates. ???

swaMark

You’re right. Once you add it to your account we will auto-populate it for passenger #1 on any new bookings. I was referring to retroactively applying it to existing bookings - which we don’t do automatically which can sometimes cause confusion.

I edited my thread above to hopefully clear that up using the below verbiage...

Rephrasing for clarity. One thing we have noticed is that some Customers think that the first time they add their KTN in their account that our systems will retroactively apply it to any existing bookings. Once you put it in your account we will add it to new bookings from that point, but we don’t retroactively apply it to your existing bookings. We’re adding some verbiage to make that clearer when you add or change your KTN under your account profile.

NextTrip

OP - Double check your KTN expiration date.

TheRoadie

And that you're not using a New York address.

ursine1

Just in case this isn't a joke: PreCheck is not currently impacted by the standoff between the administration and NY State, which only concerns renewals or new applications to the affected programs anyway.

shoelessj

In a similar vein and with no intent of highjacking this post I am curios (and appreciate any thoughts) as to why TSA pre-check status is never afforded to me anymore. I am not registered in TSA Pre Check. I am a decades long RR A List Preferred flier and know I was initially put on the WN list of 'trusted' travelers as reported to TSA. This eventually resulted in a 95% plus TSA Pre Check issuance for several years. Suddenly this dropped off a few years ago and I had read TSA had purposely limited the Pre Check status in an effort to increase actual reservations in their program which were lower than anticipated. The pre-checks then started to return at a higher frequency and I thought everything was good.. Starting in the last year pre check for me disappeared altogether. I mean never although household members who travel little will get it. I don't even have a traffic ticket in the last decade, pay my tons of taxes dutifully, etc. etc. I don't think the TSA yet has the technology to actually read my mind (and contempt for this organization) so this can't be a factor.
With the technology available to them they might be able to figure out that a four decade frequent flyer is probably a pretty safe bet to not be waiting in the weeds to do something dastardly.
To save the anticipated retort of why don't you just get Pre Check I frankly don't care to be fingerprinted and stand before some newly minted 'officer' to explain myself. I also will be retiring in a few years and am willing to face the indignities of normal 'inspection' as a matter of principal.
I am not looking for a debate on my views only thoughts as to why my random pre checks have disappeared altogether.
Many thanks and happy flying.