TSA PreCheck Program - Questions/Experiences for United Airlines Travellers
Nov 8, 2012, 6:23 am
#1981
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: KEYQ
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You're not supposd to know if you got it or not. Someone just figured out how to have the paper BP barcode read.
Nov 8, 2012, 6:59 am
#1982
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: LAX
Posts: 295
sorry if this is a total n00b ? but I just got my first domestic BPs after signing up for GE/TSA PC but its for an airport that does not have TSA PC. However, I was given priority line boarding instead...is this consistent for all airports/airlines that don't have TSA PC at the airport you're flying from -- if so are those who are also on your itinerary given this too since you're not passing security? I don't hold a status with the airline, so that would be EPIC.
Nov 8, 2012, 7:52 am
#1983
Ambassador: Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: BWI
Posts: 7,390
Still beats not having Pre-Check at all.. I used it for the first time at PIT last week and it was truly a blessing.
One of the problems with Pre-Check and Global Entry is that you must enter your name in the Secure Flight Details section of your reservation exactly as it is shown in your GOES account or on your GE card. If this is not done, you may be experiencing the name mismatch problems, which can preclude you from Pre-Check access.
Even things like a middle initial vs. a full name can screw up the process.
Even things like a middle initial vs. a full name can screw up the process.
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Nov 8, 2012, 7:59 am
#1984
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Just double checking as I am relatively new to this program [have had bad luck flying in/out of airports without Pre-Check until they opened one at PIT]... It does not matter what your traveler profile name shows on UA.com, what your name looks on the boarding pass, or anywhere else.... All that matters is the secure flight data MUST match the name on file in my Trusted Traveler program [in this case GE], correct?
FWIW, I'm at 100% so far in four tries (two in EWR, two in PDX).
Nov 8, 2012, 12:08 pm
#1985
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Seattle WA, USA
Programs: UA MP 1K 2MM
Posts: 527
continuing problems with kiosk printed bps
This has been discussed before; last week out of SEA, the kiosk spit out two boarding passes. Mrs. Flyer 420 presented her's at TSA and got the 3 beep go-ahead; my bp produced nothing. (it also could not be read at the UC and at the gate and the UC in DEN). I am going to try to get my boarding passes printed by an agent hereafter. Remember, technology is our fiend, I mean, friend...
Flyer 420
in Seattle
Flyer 420
in Seattle
Nov 8, 2012, 12:09 pm
#1986
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BOS
Programs: UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 194
No issues last weekend out of BOS - was only person in line!
Nov 8, 2012, 12:37 pm
#1987
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA GS 1MM
Posts: 693
Here's the latest re: two new PreCheck lanes (UA in T3 and AA in T2) at SFO from The BAT.
http://thebat-sf.com/2012/11/07/prec...-lanes-at-sfo/
http://thebat-sf.com/2012/11/07/prec...-lanes-at-sfo/
Nov 8, 2012, 1:12 pm
#1988
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: ORD
Programs: UA Gold, Avis President's Club, IHG Platinum
Posts: 286
Nov 8, 2012, 1:51 pm
#1989
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: BOS
Programs: UA 1K, SPG Plat, Hertz PC
Posts: 22
Really wish they would implement in terminal C, but I don't think it is currently planned. Terminal A at BOS is much nicer anyway and I prefer to fly the legacy CO routes
I've been 100% hit rate since I started and I've been through somewhere in the range of 15-20 times... ^
Also I think I've only waited in line 1 time at BOS for maybe 2 minutes. Both times I've been through at LAX I was the only person and the half dozen times I've been through at EWR was the same.
ORD was the only "poor" experience I had because that day TSA had the precheck people routing through the same line as Premier Access which totally defeats the purpose...
I've been 100% hit rate since I started and I've been through somewhere in the range of 15-20 times... ^
Also I think I've only waited in line 1 time at BOS for maybe 2 minutes. Both times I've been through at LAX I was the only person and the half dozen times I've been through at EWR was the same.
ORD was the only "poor" experience I had because that day TSA had the precheck people routing through the same line as Premier Access which totally defeats the purpose...
Nov 8, 2012, 2:34 pm
#1990
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: ORD
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I've heard "later this year" and "don't know" on my last several trips through BOC Term C. I'm flying out of there tomorrow (11/9) and plan to ask again.
Nov 8, 2012, 7:16 pm
#1991
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Crystal City, VA
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Posts: 2,627
LAX
Another happy LAX pre-check on Tuesday.
Did OLCI using the United app on my iPhone, and put the BP in "passbook".
I went back and "re-printed" the BP to my laptop screen, and was able to scan it using a scanning app; got the "3", so I knew I would be good to go.
Upon passing through the metal detector, gave a big ^ to the TSA guys behind the desk. Probably they don't get too many compliments, I'm guessing!
Did OLCI using the United app on my iPhone, and put the BP in "passbook".
I went back and "re-printed" the BP to my laptop screen, and was able to scan it using a scanning app; got the "3", so I knew I would be good to go.
Upon passing through the metal detector, gave a big ^ to the TSA guys behind the desk. Probably they don't get too many compliments, I'm guessing!
Nov 8, 2012, 8:00 pm
#1992
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: So Cal
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Here's the latest re: two new PreCheck lanes (UA in T3 and AA in T2) at SFO from The BAT.
http://thebat-sf.com/2012/11/07/prec...-lanes-at-sfo/
http://thebat-sf.com/2012/11/07/prec...-lanes-at-sfo/
Nov 8, 2012, 8:08 pm
#1993
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: ABE/PHL/EWR
Programs: UA Gold
Posts: 396
I'm about to experience my first PreCheck at EWR tomorrow...sick of the Friday afternoon PremierAccess lines at the C3 checkpoint 
Nov 9, 2012, 10:09 am
#1994
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: HNL & SFO
Programs: UA MM/Gold
Posts: 292
I flew PHX-AUS two days ago on 11-7, went to the PreCheck line. No one was in line, scanned my phone, got the 3 beeps, and was let right on thru. Fastest I've ever made it thru a checkpoint. Felt weird being able to keep my shoes on, and not have to take my laptop out.^
Nov 9, 2012, 10:25 am
#1995
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Excellent! I'll be flying out of SFO in the 15th. However, is it going to be over at the elite line in between T3 and the Intl terminal and will it have the same ridiculous early closing time??? Or will it be by the CLEAR line right by the escalators coming down from the train?
One at United’s premium or elite level member checkpoint (“F3”) in Terminal 3
