TSA PreCheck Program - Questions/Experiences for United Airlines Travellers
Oct 6, 2012, 10:58 am
#1546
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Don't they have TSA agents at the beginning of the Pre-check lane (they did the last time I was there)? If you get the 3 beeps, just go ahead (avoiding physical contact of course). The worse that could happen is they follow you to the TSA agent, who will let you past anyway, probably with a curt word to the maroon coat.
Oct 6, 2012, 4:02 pm
#1547
Join Date: May 2003
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These aren't TSA agents and therefore you're not under the same rules to follow their instructions. They have as much authority to tell you what to do as a volunteer airport greeter. I have on several occasions ignored them (politely) when they were wrong. For example, the old GS lane (before pre-check) at EWR C3 was usually roped off. A couple times, the maroon coat (not understanding what the "GS" on my BP meant) would point me to the Premier line. I said "thank you" or "good morning" and let myself in not looking back. They never said anything.
Don't they have TSA agents at the beginning of the Pre-check lane (they did the last time I was there)? If you get the 3 beeps, just go ahead (avoiding physical contact of course). The worse that could happen is they follow you to the TSA agent, who will let you past anyway, probably with a curt word to the maroon coat.
Don't they have TSA agents at the beginning of the Pre-check lane (they did the last time I was there)? If you get the 3 beeps, just go ahead (avoiding physical contact of course). The worse that could happen is they follow you to the TSA agent, who will let you past anyway, probably with a curt word to the maroon coat.
Dan
Oct 6, 2012, 4:10 pm
#1548
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Oct 6, 2012, 9:08 pm
#1549
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Got the three bleeps at DFW terminal E this ayem, despite no PreCheck facilities. Oh well, someday. Was gonna go to terminal D but time was against me.
Oct 6, 2012, 9:39 pm
#1550
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So, if I have a United Pre-Check valid boarding pass (scanned with a "3" showing), will I get the Pre-Check experience at DFW if I use security at A, C, or D? The TSA chart says only American Airlines.
Oct 6, 2012, 9:48 pm
#1551
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So, if I have a United Pre-Check valid boarding pass (scanned with a "3" showing), will I get the Pre-Check experience at DFW if I use security at A, C, or D? The TSA chart says only American Airlines.
Oct 6, 2012, 9:56 pm
#1552
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With the announcement that NEXUS members will be able to use Pre-Check, I hope we'll see the ability to get Pre-Check on Canadian itineraries.
Oct 7, 2012, 7:40 am
#1553
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Portland, Maine
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Mine is very similar and starts to wonky about the same place as yours
Char 66: Check in location (online(WW), kiosk(0K), agent (R0))..I've got 11F>30B MM Maybe MM is Mobile??
Char 69: Day of year of check-in...correct, Julian date one less then above since I checked in the night before
Char 73: Marketing airline code (correct, says BUA)
Char 89: Not sure, AA puts 29 here, AS puts 25. (my BP says 0E here)
Char 91: Ticketing airline 3-digit code (001, 027) (correct, 016)
Char 94: Ticket number (mine has no ticket number included)
After this, there is one more stray "3" a few spaces later.
After that, I get what looks like a bunch of either binary or encrypted text. This was when scanning the Aztec mobile boarding pass on my phone with another phone. When scanning the PDF417 version on the emailed BP, I don't get anything after the couple of spaces followed by a 3.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to check if it was Pre eligible because I am going out of SNA and there is no Pre. I've noticed that their scanners don't seem to indicate Pre at all. Instead of being the kinda standalone scanners mounted on a pole (big black metal box), they instead have the kind that are integrated into their little podium. I haven't heard any beeps out of them. I can try to look and see if LLL shows up at all.
Note that I have gotten the triple beep at DEN (also not Pre) and on DL at SLC (actually got to use Pre), so I know it is working for me
Char 66: Check in location (online(WW), kiosk(0K), agent (R0))..I've got 11F>30B MM Maybe MM is Mobile??
Char 69: Day of year of check-in...correct, Julian date one less then above since I checked in the night before
Char 73: Marketing airline code (correct, says BUA)
Char 89: Not sure, AA puts 29 here, AS puts 25. (my BP says 0E here)
Char 91: Ticketing airline 3-digit code (001, 027) (correct, 016)
Char 94: Ticket number (mine has no ticket number included)
After this, there is one more stray "3" a few spaces later.
After that, I get what looks like a bunch of either binary or encrypted text. This was when scanning the Aztec mobile boarding pass on my phone with another phone. When scanning the PDF417 version on the emailed BP, I don't get anything after the couple of spaces followed by a 3.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to check if it was Pre eligible because I am going out of SNA and there is no Pre. I've noticed that their scanners don't seem to indicate Pre at all. Instead of being the kinda standalone scanners mounted on a pole (big black metal box), they instead have the kind that are integrated into their little podium. I haven't heard any beeps out of them. I can try to look and see if LLL shows up at all.
Note that I have gotten the triple beep at DEN (also not Pre) and on DL at SLC (actually got to use Pre), so I know it is working for me
My barcode reads......
(half way down)
11F>30B MM281 BUA {next line} (Understand this from above conversation)
0E016 {next line}
3^160........then tons of random characters..(Is this the "3" that everyone is speking about)???
Thanks trying to figure this whole thing out
Oct 7, 2012, 8:35 am
#1554
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Really confused....Downloaded Neoreader for iPhone, enrolled in NEXUS & GE for 8+ months.
My barcode reads......
(half way down)
11F>30B MM281 BUA {next line} (Understand this from above conversation)
0E016 {next line}
3^160........then tons of random characters..(Is this the "3" that everyone is speking about)???
Thanks trying to figure this whole thing out
My barcode reads......
(half way down)
11F>30B MM281 BUA {next line} (Understand this from above conversation)
0E016 {next line}
3^160........then tons of random characters..(Is this the "3" that everyone is speking about)???
Thanks trying to figure this whole thing out
Oct 7, 2012, 10:47 am
#1555
Join Date: Jul 1999
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Oct 7, 2012, 10:48 am
#1556
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Just wanted to report that I got pre-check out of EWR & then out of LAX yesterday!
Oct 7, 2012, 11:51 am
#1557
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I have no guess as to what your extra characters mean.
Oct 7, 2012, 2:40 pm
#1558
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Portland, Maine
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Really confused....Downloaded Neoreader for iPhone, enrolled in NEXUS & GE for 8+ months.
My barcode reads......
(half way down)
11F>30B MM281 BUA {next line} (Understand this from above conversation)
0E016 {next line}
3^160........then tons of random characters..(Is this the "3" that everyone is speking about)???
Thanks trying to figure this whole thing out
My barcode reads......
(half way down)
11F>30B MM281 BUA {next line} (Understand this from above conversation)
0E016 {next line}
3^160........then tons of random characters..(Is this the "3" that everyone is speking about)???
Thanks trying to figure this whole thing out
So my code is:
0E016 {new line}
3<160..... <-carrot - is this the magic 3?
Oct 7, 2012, 2:56 pm
#1559
Join Date: Dec 2011
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 317
manatee?
Sorry I have read thru almost al 104 replies but hv a newbie ?
How does the manatee app work? I downloaded it and see the code almost like a camera but which button should i push to get the number sequence to see if it ends in a 3?
Thnx
How does the manatee app work? I downloaded it and see the code almost like a camera but which button should i push to get the number sequence to see if it ends in a 3?
Thnx
Oct 7, 2012, 3:05 pm
#1560
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The scanner I use does not put a line feed at this point, but I would say Yes, you will get the three beeps. Hope you are going through an airport with Pre-Check. Me, I have been getting the beeps, but have yet to be anywhere with it in place yet.