TSA PreCheck Program - Questions/Experiences for United Airlines Travellers
Oct 23, 2012, 12:44 pm
#1801
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Weren't we talking about SEA?
I didn't answer the previous post because I haven't been there yet, but based on my readings in the AS forum as well as familiarity with the SEA airport, I'd strongly suspect it's the central one (the one that dumps you out into the central food court).
I didn't answer the previous post because I haven't been there yet, but based on my readings in the AS forum as well as familiarity with the SEA airport, I'd strongly suspect it's the central one (the one that dumps you out into the central food court).
Oct 23, 2012, 12:48 pm
#1802
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Weren't we talking about SEA?
I didn't answer the previous post because I haven't been there yet, but based on my readings in the AS forum as well as familiarity with the SEA airport, I'd strongly suspect it's the central one (the one that dumps you out into the central food court).
I didn't answer the previous post because I haven't been there yet, but based on my readings in the AS forum as well as familiarity with the SEA airport, I'd strongly suspect it's the central one (the one that dumps you out into the central food court).
Oct 23, 2012, 1:21 pm
#1803
Join Date: May 2003
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It is the checkpoint which dumps you in-front of the food court and then it is either off to B gates or N terminal.
Dan
Dan
Oct 23, 2012, 4:57 pm
#1804
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Oct 23, 2012, 5:07 pm
#1805
Join Date: May 2011
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It's nice to speed through the line and save time but what's the point when you still have to arrive at the airport the same amount of time as if you weren't going through pre-check? (there was a boardingarea blog post about this I think)
Hopefully, if you can decode your bp beforehand, then you can save some time that way.
Oct 23, 2012, 5:27 pm
#1806
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: NorCal - 1K 2MM
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So then how do they stop random folks who have never qualified for PreCheck or even applied for PreCheck from going to the PreCheck line, either by design or accident, being rejected, but then being shunted to the shorter line for the dedicated checkpoint?
Oct 23, 2012, 5:38 pm
#1807
Join Date: Apr 2009
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I had the same question. I was never able to get an answer.
Oct 23, 2012, 5:41 pm
#1808
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At least in EWR, there is still then a Premier versus non-Premier distinction.
Oct 23, 2012, 9:09 pm
#1809
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: South Central US
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Still, I went through quickly but had to wait for a Ma Kettle who was arguing with the TSA agent that she didn't want to go through the body scanner because it would "radiate" her.
Oct 23, 2012, 9:33 pm
#1810
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Hustletown
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Well, one Pre-Check location was open at DCA today -- the new Pre-Check at the US gates on the North Pier. I used it for the first time at that location, and for the first time flying US. I must have passed 30 minutes' worth of wait time -- the contracted BP-checker led me around past the elite line to the Pre-Check line on the far left. Fabulous.
Oct 23, 2012, 9:37 pm
#1811
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Oct 23, 2012, 9:50 pm
#1812
Join Date: Apr 2009
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At IAD, if you fail the initial scan, you are sent to a special screening line dedicated to PreCheck rejects. We are trying to determine how the TSA can distinguish between eligible participants who were randomly denied and those who were never PreCheck participants.
Oct 23, 2012, 9:55 pm
#1813
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Pre-Check seems to have launched in HNL today!
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/1...nolulu-airport
Everybody has the right to opt-out. Not sure how doing so makes them a kettle
(fwiw, the NoS at SEA do use ionizing radiation to do their scan.....)
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/1...nolulu-airport
(fwiw, the NoS at SEA do use ionizing radiation to do their scan.....)
Oct 24, 2012, 9:20 am
#1814
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: YQR
Programs: NEXUS; alas, no status anymore.
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I'm flying YQR-DEN-TPA Friday. No preclearance at YQR, so I clear at DEN (I have GE so reasonably fast, plus we're the first international flight of the day which helps).
Officially Pre doesn't work with international itineraries, but I'm hoping it might consider my DEN-TPA segment to be domestic since I've cleared Customs domestically.
How do I find out? I understand there's a separate Pre lane from the normal Premier lane?
Officially Pre doesn't work with international itineraries, but I'm hoping it might consider my DEN-TPA segment to be domestic since I've cleared Customs domestically.
How do I find out? I understand there's a separate Pre lane from the normal Premier lane?
Oct 24, 2012, 9:23 am
#1815
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