Had PreCheck on the boarding pass, but TSA scanner beeped only once
Aug 31, 2016, 7:53 pm
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Had PreCheck on the boarding pass, but TSA scanner beeped only once
A few days again, I got my electronic boarding pass, which has the TSA Pre designation. However, at the airport, the TSA scanner only beeped once. 
It seemed not a scanner issue, as the person in front of me did get 3 beeps.
I commented that how come I got only 1 beep. The TSA ID checker giggled, and said that I was OK and let me use the PreCheck lane. I did not remember where he looked at the boarding pass on my phone, nor whether he giggled at the tone of my comment or the scanner acted up. Anybody has similar experience? Or was there something else strange?
It seemed not a scanner issue, as the person in front of me did get 3 beeps. I commented that how come I got only 1 beep. The TSA ID checker giggled, and said that I was OK and let me use the PreCheck lane. I did not remember where he looked at the boarding pass on my phone, nor whether he giggled at the tone of my comment or the scanner acted up. Anybody has similar experience? Or was there something else strange?
Aug 31, 2016, 10:02 pm
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A few days again, I got my electronic boarding pass, which has the TSA Pre designation. However, at the airport, the TSA scanner only beeped once. It seemed not a scanner issue, as the person in front of me did get 3 beeps.
I commented that how come I got only 1 beep. The TSA ID checker giggled, and said that I was OK and let me use the PreCheck lane. I did not remember where he looked at the boarding pass on my phone, nor whether he giggled at the tone of my comment or the scanner acted up. Anybody has similar experience? Or was there something else strange?
It seemed not a scanner issue, as the person in front of me did get 3 beeps. I commented that how come I got only 1 beep. The TSA ID checker giggled, and said that I was OK and let me use the PreCheck lane. I did not remember where he looked at the boarding pass on my phone, nor whether he giggled at the tone of my comment or the scanner acted up. Anybody has similar experience? Or was there something else strange?
Was getting 3 beeps on home printed BP's last week at PDX.
Sep 1, 2016, 6:53 am
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Airlines don't charge extra (maybe not RyanAir
) for printing a bp. I normally have my print at home bp (printed on my $30 LASER printer), and print a second bp at the airport...just in cased there is a mis- read/print.
) for printing a bp. I normally have my print at home bp (printed on my $30 LASER printer), and print a second bp at the airport...just in cased there is a mis- read/print.
Sep 1, 2016, 7:06 am
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Spirit/NK? I thought I heard that this American carrier tried to charge for boarding pass issuance too.
Sep 2, 2016, 4:44 pm
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I can confirm that on Wednesday, my American Airlines boarding pass with a Pre✓ logo beeped only once. I noticed that the digital readout on the scanner read something to the effect that the digital signature was validated. I asked the TSA document checker about the beep numbers, the answer was that sometimes these boarding passes beep once and at other times they beeped three times.
Sep 5, 2016, 6:34 pm
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Sep 5, 2016, 8:50 pm
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More data points from additional flights
EUG (as above), 1 beep, from both home & airport kiosk printed BPs, PreCheck lite airport
BLI, 1 beep, home (hotel) printed BP, PreCheck lite airport
PDX, 3 beeps, airport kiosk printed BP (from same kiosk in EUG that only beeped once when used in EUG), full PreCheck airport
No luck getting any comments from the ID checker on the three vs. one beeps on these visits due to the back up in the lines or non-chatty agent.
EUG (as above), 1 beep, from both home & airport kiosk printed BPs, PreCheck lite airport
BLI, 1 beep, home (hotel) printed BP, PreCheck lite airport
PDX, 3 beeps, airport kiosk printed BP (from same kiosk in EUG that only beeped once when used in EUG), full PreCheck airport
No luck getting any comments from the ID checker on the three vs. one beeps on these visits due to the back up in the lines or non-chatty agent.
Sep 6, 2016, 7:22 am
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No more 3 beeps for PreCheck
Noticed this change this weekend while flying but the boarding pass scanners no longer beep three times when scanning an LLL boarding pass. I asked a TSO at STL about it and she said the change rolled out in the past week or so.
EDIT: bah just realized someone already started a thread here for it: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trust...only-once.html mods feel free to merge/delete this
EDIT: bah just realized someone already started a thread here for it: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trust...only-once.html mods feel free to merge/delete this
Sep 6, 2016, 7:28 am
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I flew BOS>STL>BOS this weekend on WN and only got 1 beep each time using my e-boarding pass on my iphone. According to the doc checker at STL 1 beep is the new norm and they rolled out a firmware update to the scanners in the past week or so. Everyone else around me in the precheck lines in both directions only got one beep as well. I belive the LLL designation still appears on their screen though.
Sep 10, 2016, 9:41 pm
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Single beeps on my mobile BP the last two times through MCI. Pretty sure I Oy a triple beep at DFW in late August, but I'm not 100% certain on that.
Still had the LLLL designation, despite the single beep..
Still had the LLLL designation, despite the single beep..
Sep 12, 2016, 10:49 am
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More data points: ATL and IAD within the past week for me. Scanners at both are giving some people one beep and others three beeps. Was doing that as recently as this morning in ATL.
In one of the DL threads there is also note of green vs. yellow lights and speculation that three beeps is for Pre-only people, whereas one beep is for GE/Nexus folks.
I'm GE and have been getting a single beep.
In one of the DL threads there is also note of green vs. yellow lights and speculation that three beeps is for Pre-only people, whereas one beep is for GE/Nexus folks.
I'm GE and have been getting a single beep.