TSA PreCheck at Small Airports
Oct 16, 2013, 3:21 pm
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TSA PreCheck at Small Airports
So has the TSA rolled Pre Check out to smaller airports? I flew out of CLL (College Station, TX) on Monday and they scanned my boarding pass at the ID check and I got the 3 beeps... since it's a small airport they didn't have a dedicated line, but I didn't have to take my shoes off or take liquids and laptop out. I was through security in under a minute.
Oct 16, 2013, 6:49 pm
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So has the TSA rolled Pre Check out to smaller airports? I flew out of CLL (College Station, TX) on Monday and they scanned my boarding pass at the ID check and I got the 3 beeps... since it's a small airport they didn't have a dedicated line, but I didn't have to take my shoes off or take liquids and laptop out. I was through security in under a minute.
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Oct 16, 2013, 8:32 pm
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So has the TSA rolled Pre Check out to smaller airports? I flew out of CLL (College Station, TX) on Monday and they scanned my boarding pass at the ID check and I got the 3 beeps... since it's a small airport they didn't have a dedicated line, but I didn't have to take my shoes off or take liquids and laptop out. I was through security in under a minute.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/check...l#post21601661
Oct 17, 2013, 5:50 am
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So has the TSA rolled Pre Check out to smaller airports? I flew out of CLL (College Station, TX) on Monday and they scanned my boarding pass at the ID check and I got the 3 beeps... since it's a small airport they didn't have a dedicated line, but I didn't have to take my shoes off or take liquids and laptop out. I was through security in under a minute.
Oct 17, 2013, 1:00 pm
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There are many reports on the Delta forum about Precheck Lite, which is what the OP describes at CLL. Share the X-ray with everyone (thus liquids and laptops out) but shoes/belts/jackets stay on and you get WTMD. TSA gives you a small car to denote this at the TDC.
Oct 29, 2013, 12:33 pm
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EUG (Eugene, OR) has a Pre-check lane now.
It's let's you pass that huge backup of 3 people
They only have one screening station, so they give you a red card that allows you to keep your shoes and belt on and walk thru the metal detector vs. scanner. Your liquids and laptop must still come out.
Interesting and it did save me 45 seconds to tie my shoes.
It's let's you pass that huge backup of 3 people
They only have one screening station, so they give you a red card that allows you to keep your shoes and belt on and walk thru the metal detector vs. scanner. Your liquids and laptop must still come out.
Interesting and it did save me 45 seconds to tie my shoes.
Oct 29, 2013, 8:51 pm
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EUG (Eugene, OR) has a Pre-check lane now.
It's let's you pass that huge backup of 3 people
They only have one screening station, so they give you a red card that allows you to keep your shoes and belt on and walk thru the metal detector vs. scanner. Your liquids and laptop must still come out.
Interesting and it did save me 45 seconds to tie my shoes.
It's let's you pass that huge backup of 3 people
They only have one screening station, so they give you a red card that allows you to keep your shoes and belt on and walk thru the metal detector vs. scanner. Your liquids and laptop must still come out.
Interesting and it did save me 45 seconds to tie my shoes.
The EUG setup is being discussed over on the Other Side of TS&S.
Oct 29, 2013, 9:37 pm
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FWIW, at the C2 checkpoint at EWR (the only one without a PreCheck lane), if you get the magic three beeps, the TDC hands you a green card that allows you to keep your shoes and outer garments on. Didn't notice if the green card also gets the WTMD rather than the MMW (although there's still a WTMD-only lane at C2, so SDOO is easy).
Nov 2, 2013, 2:08 pm
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EUG (Eugene, OR) has a Pre-check lane now.
It's let's you pass that huge backup of 3 people
They only have one screening station, so they give you a red card that allows you to keep your shoes and belt on and walk thru the metal detector vs. scanner. Your liquids and laptop must still come out.
Interesting and it did save me 45 seconds to tie my shoes.
It's let's you pass that huge backup of 3 people
They only have one screening station, so they give you a red card that allows you to keep your shoes and belt on and walk thru the metal detector vs. scanner. Your liquids and laptop must still come out.
Interesting and it did save me 45 seconds to tie my shoes.
Nov 5, 2013, 2:11 pm
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If you want to drive to VPS you can use it there. Additionally, PNS is in the process of getting full PreCheck. Sorry I didn't answer your question, but I've heard the fare difference compared to TLH can sometimes make it worth the drive.
Nov 5, 2013, 2:51 pm
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It was nice to keep shoes on, but it was still not the same as "Real" Pre-Check.