Using KTN/PASSID before Global Entry Final Approval?
Apr 22, 2018, 8:34 pm
#31
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: Qantas FF Gold; SPG Gold; Hilton Honours Gold; Golden Circle Jade
Posts: 3
I noticed after submitting my GE application on GOES that a PASSID is assigned even though my app is "pending review" (submitted yesterday).
Anyone tried using it as KTN for domestic pre-check prior prior to advancing to "conditional approval / pending interview" or even just prior to interview and approval.
Anyone tried using it as KTN for domestic pre-check prior prior to advancing to "conditional approval / pending interview" or even just prior to interview and approval.
Apr 23, 2018, 6:10 am
#32
Join Date: May 2011
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Apr 23, 2018, 6:21 am
#33
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Your PASSID will serve as your KTN after you have been finally approved. I suppose that you may enter anything you wish, but it won't function for GE or Pre-Check until final approval.
If you do enter your PASSID before final approval and then have tickets issued which include the PASSID in the relevant PNR, you may need to go back and remove the KTN and reenter it after final approval. Or you may not. You won't know until you attempt use of GE or have a BP issued. Removing and replacing may, depending on the carrier, be something you can do online or it may require calling in and having an agent do it for you.
There is zero value in entering your PASSID before it is a KTN.
If you do enter your PASSID before final approval and then have tickets issued which include the PASSID in the relevant PNR, you may need to go back and remove the KTN and reenter it after final approval. Or you may not. You won't know until you attempt use of GE or have a BP issued. Removing and replacing may, depending on the carrier, be something you can do online or it may require calling in and having an agent do it for you.
There is zero value in entering your PASSID before it is a KTN.
Apr 23, 2018, 8:56 am
#34
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: Qantas FF Gold; SPG Gold; Hilton Honours Gold; Golden Circle Jade
Posts: 3
Thanks! I was just wondering because I don’t think I saw it right after my application was lodged - it seemed to only appear a couple of days later.
In any event, I’m still waiting on conditional approval for my application:
Applied: 16 April 2018
Pending conditional approval as of 24 April 2018
In any event, I’m still waiting on conditional approval for my application:
Applied: 16 April 2018
Pending conditional approval as of 24 April 2018
Jun 10, 2019, 12:27 pm
#37
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: ATX
Posts: 24
No, I currently have TSA precheck that I applied 2 years ago and it's still valid. So I'm going to use that for now at least. But if you never had one before, you won't get precheck until you are approved (after interview).
Dec 2, 2021, 3:42 pm
#39
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Jun 4, 2022, 1:55 pm
#41
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Aug 17, 2022, 9:33 am
#43
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Wyndham Diamond
Posts: 878
Hello folks! My sister applied for Global Entry. I knew the wait time would be long especially since she could not find interview availability where we are (LAX based). But, I have an upcoming trip with her going to NY and I was hoping to be able to get through TSA PreCheck with her speedily. She is conditionally approved and has a Pass ID. Can I assume that we can use the Pass ID as her KTN? It's been several years since I got my Global Entry so I do not quite remember how it went for me back then.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Aug 17, 2022, 4:23 pm
#44
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Location: NYC
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Hello folks! My sister applied for Global Entry. I knew the wait time would be long especially since she could not find interview availability where we are (LAX based). But, I have an upcoming trip with her going to NY and I was hoping to be able to get through TSA PreCheck with her speedily. She is conditionally approved and has a Pass ID. Can I assume that we can use the Pass ID as her KTN? It's been several years since I got my Global Entry so I do not quite remember how it went for me back then.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Aug 17, 2022, 11:27 pm
#45
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Wyndham Diamond
Posts: 878
While I obsessively search for interview availability for my sister, is it possible for her to apply for a _new_ TSA PreCheck application? This is just so by the time my sister travels with in two months me she will have TSA PreCheck privilege and we can both breeze through LAX and JFK.