TSA PreCheck "Random" Extra Screening?
Feb 2, 2013, 9:07 pm
#16
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Went thru Precheck at SFO earlier today and the WTMD beeped where I won a random hand swab
Feb 3, 2013, 3:14 pm
#17
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"Full" search may have been the wrong term: "normal" search? After having my boarding pass and ID checked, I was sent to the normal line, where I had to remove my shoes, my liquids, and to all the normal security search things that you don't have to do in the precheck line.
Feb 3, 2013, 6:30 pm
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"Full" search may have been the wrong term: "normal" search? After having my boarding pass and ID checked, I was sent to the normal line, where I had to remove my shoes, my liquids, and to all the normal security search things that you don't have to do in the precheck line.
Feb 4, 2013, 3:20 pm
#20
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So far, I'm 12 for 12 in getting the magic three beeps.
That includes at airports with no precheck but my boarding pass is encoded for the three beeps. That's one of the annoying things - getting a pre-check approved BP at an airport where it does no good...
That includes at airports with no precheck but my boarding pass is encoded for the three beeps. That's one of the annoying things - getting a pre-check approved BP at an airport where it does no good...
Feb 8, 2013, 9:37 am
#23
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Wow, these numbers are not encouraging.
I've used PreCheck five times so far. Four times I cleared. The most recent time I was denied and sent to the front of the elite line. The agent stated because my onward connecting flight was international PreCheck doesn't work.
I've used PreCheck five times so far. Four times I cleared. The most recent time I was denied and sent to the front of the elite line. The agent stated because my onward connecting flight was international PreCheck doesn't work.
Feb 8, 2013, 11:29 am
#24
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I've had 100% success with zero hand swabs or other enhanced screening when attempting to use PreCheck..which is every time I fly if at all possible. Used it at SEA (several times), LAS, LAX, DEN, SFO, ORD, PDX, IAH.
Feb 8, 2013, 12:01 pm
#25
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Of course, after talking about how I've never been selected for a random screening after precheck, I get the long beep as I was walking through theWTMD just a little while ago at ORD. Quick and painless, though, as it was just a hand swab. Finished before my bags even came out the other end of the conveyor belt.
Just an update since I posted in early December. Since then, I've attempted and cleared PreCheck with no secondary 9 of 9 times (ORDx6 on UA, ORDx1 on US, SEAx1 on UA, LGAx1 on AA). Flown out of LGA several times on US and UA and gotten 3 beeps every time, but no PreCheck available for those carriers (yet?).
Feb 9, 2013, 5:05 pm
#26
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Getting into the precheck lane doesn't mean anything unless you got the three beeps prior to entering.
Feb 10, 2013, 7:38 pm
#27
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It's reassuring to know that my pre-check success rate is somewhere in the middle based on the data in this thread. I'm 2 of 4. I don't have GE.
First time eligible (SFO): success, but got the hand swab
Second time (LAX): fail, sent to regular screening
Third time (SFO): fail, blue shirt guy questioned if I was even eligible for pre-check and I silently wondered whether I was too, based on 2 failures in a row.
Fourth time (ORD): success, no additional hoops. My first, complete, success.
First time eligible (SFO): success, but got the hand swab
Second time (LAX): fail, sent to regular screening
Third time (SFO): fail, blue shirt guy questioned if I was even eligible for pre-check and I silently wondered whether I was too, based on 2 failures in a row.
Fourth time (ORD): success, no additional hoops. My first, complete, success.
Feb 12, 2013, 7:47 pm
#29
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Last week, my whole itinerary was invalid from the TSA precheck perspective- on both
the outbound and return.
Yesterday, I was happy to hear beep-beep-beep-beep.
the outbound and return.
Yesterday, I was happy to hear beep-beep-beep-beep.
Feb 14, 2013, 12:57 pm
#30
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