TSA PreCheck Program - Questions/Experiences for United Airlines Travellers
#1831
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Seattle, WA
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Posts: 9,198
You won't be able to use PreCheck for any of your international travel..only domestic travel is eligible..and that includes domestic flights that are part of an international itinerary.
#1832
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: ORD
Programs: UA Premier Silver (Soon to be Gold), IHG Plat Ambassador, Global Entry
Posts: 3
#1833
Moderator, Omni, Omni/PR, Omni/Games, FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Between DCA and IAD
Programs: UA 1K MM; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 67,011
I hope that TPA expands it to include the UA checkpoint (Terminal A). They have it for DL already. Incidentally, the TDC was baffled by my Nexus card at TPA today; I said, "You must not have worked the DL checkpoint much recently, as Nexus, GE, and Sentri are going to be more common in connection with PreCheck." His supervisor said, "You must have worked for TSA recently," when I pointed that out...
I'm curious if I will be able to use PreCheck on an upcoming itin which goes like this:
I know I can't use it on Day 2 at my international gateway when I reclear security that morning, but I am curious if it will work on Day 1. My guess is that it will not given it's part of an international itin all on the same PNR...
- Day 1: Domestic flight
- Overnight (am flying in on the last flight of the day)
- Day 2: International flight
I know I can't use it on Day 2 at my international gateway when I reclear security that morning, but I am curious if it will work on Day 1. My guess is that it will not given it's part of an international itin all on the same PNR...
#1834
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: LAX, ONT
Programs: UA Plat
Posts: 21
I went through IAD yesterday and got just the single beep and was redirected to the reject line. The agent there asked me a bunch of questions like "Domestic itinerary?" "Yup". "Have you ever successfully done pre-check?" "Yes, at ORD several times, but this was my first at IAD." "What airline?" "United, same as today." He then let me through the reject line. Not that it really mattered all that much as security was empty, and that at 5PM. So it looks like they do have some kind of screening. On the flip side, the pax behind me looked (which could be deceiving, of course) like kettles.
#1835
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
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It's an awful setup. The TSA agent I ran into was very rude and basically insulted everyone who got a single beep, calling them liars, telling them they don't know what precheck is, and making them go to the END of the regular line.
So, if you are precheck and get unlucky enough to get a single beep, you have to wait in BOTH the precheck and the regular line. AND get insulted by TSA to boot.
It was absolutely absurd.
So, if you are precheck and get unlucky enough to get a single beep, you have to wait in BOTH the precheck and the regular line. AND get insulted by TSA to boot.
It was absolutely absurd.
Last edited by CDKing; Oct 24, 2012 at 5:13 pm
#1836
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Honolulu Harbor
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UA move to T3 and pre-check in T1 at LAS
On TSA site, I see there's a pre-check at T1 at LAS, but only AA and DL are checked next to it as participating (their check-ins are still in T1). UA is not checked off as participating. Has anyone flying UA since move to T3 tried PreCheck at T1 and been successful? I'm will have only carry-on and probably a thinner wallet, so no need to go to T3.
#1837
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: DL Diamond, UA 1K MM, SPG Plat For Life, Marriott Plat, Nexus/GlobalEntry
Posts: 9,198
On TSA site, I see there's a pre-check at T1 at LAS, but only AA and DL are checked next to it as participating (their check-ins are still in T1). UA is not checked off as participating. Has anyone flying UA since move to T3 tried PreCheck at T1 and been successful? I'm will have only carry-on and probably a thinner wallet, so no need to go to T3.
#1838
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Honolulu Harbor
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You mean kiosk in T1? Thanks! The thread's 123 pages long now. I found a few references to LAS but didn't apparently get to yours.
Last edited by IAH-OIL-TRASH; Oct 25, 2012 at 12:03 pm Reason: upped # of thread pages....
#1840
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Colorado
Programs: UA Gold 1MM, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,158
Just went thru security at PHX terminal 2 today and the signs for PreCheck are all over the place. However, the TSA agent said the people in charge have changed their minds and decided to postpone it for now. She said they don't think the checkpoint is busy enough to warrant rollout at this time.
Hopefully she is just making stuff up.
Hopefully she is just making stuff up.
#1841
Moderator: Midwest, Las Vegas & Dining Buzz
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 17,965
On TSA site, I see there's a pre-check at T1 at LAS, but only AA and DL are checked next to it as participating (their check-ins are still in T1). UA is not checked off as participating. Has anyone flying UA since move to T3 tried PreCheck at T1 and been successful? I'm will have only carry-on and probably a thinner wallet, so no need to go to T3.
#1842
Join Date: Jan 2002
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott lifetime Plt, UA 1MM
Posts: 919
Interesting side note. Last Saturday, my wife went to the SEA pre-check with a WN boarding pass (and her global entry card) and they let her through.
#1844
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: DL Diamond, UA 1K MM, SPG Plat For Life, Marriott Plat, Nexus/GlobalEntry
Posts: 9,198
Since WN does not participate in PreCheck either she was mistaken and didn't actually go through the PreCheck process, or the TSA agent made an error allowing her through.