Hoping with new requirement doesn't last long.
Having a KTN doesn't automatically allow you Pre-Check. I was through the process and had a number in a few weeks. We have local offices here in metro Detroit so no need for an airport visit. I have flown 4 times since then and have yet to receive Pre-check. The decision is still up to DHS and it is evaluated at the time of check-in. Your name also has to match exactly between your ticket and your government documents. I created my Delta profile long before all this started and only used my middle initial. Still trying to get it sorted out with Delta because that is why I don't get Pre-check even though I have a KTN.
1. Yes. For every device.We don't travel much (1-2x/year at most) and carry with us a laptop, tablet, our cell phones and our Kindles because no way am I gonna check those items! As infrequent travelers, we decided that pre-check isn't really worth it for us. So, in October, we're going to slog it through with the unwashed barefoot masses and get frisked.
Questions for those of you NOT enrolled in pre-check:
- Is TSA requiring a separate BIN for every device, or can you put multiple devices in one bin? If so, the 2 of us, we'll need 10 bins to handle our electronics, shoes, etc! Might as well hire a danged caravan and circus tent!
- Do they require us to take out battery packs / chargers (because that danged MDE app sucks your battery in the park faster than anything!)?
- How do they ensure that some unscrupulous traveler doesn't just walk off with your stuff while the agents are oogling your middle aged fat rolls in the scanning machine?
1. Yes. For every device.
2. We had to do this. We had three with us.
3. They don't.
Our last excursion home from mco was an ordeal. 60 minutes in security and they kept making everyone change lines. TSA folks screaming (I mean belittling screaming) at people and then I watched them just bang around everyone's electronics. We have 3 trips upcoming and maybe a few more. We got pre check just because of our experience at MCO. My mother had it while we were in the regular line and she was in and out no problem.Thank you so much for responding so quickly - your answers are so helpful!
1. I will begin booking elephants and jugglers for the dang circus caravan that we will need.
2. I may just put all my chargers (we have quite a few because, well, we're nerds) in a zip top bag and let them deal with it.
3. Boo...your tax dollars at work. I'll just hope & pray, I guess.
I'm glad that I can drive to WDW and don't have to fly
How do they ensure that some unscrupulous traveler doesn't just walk off with your stuff while the agents are oogling your middle aged fat rolls in the scanning machine?
TSA folks screaming (I mean belittling screaming) at people
Having a KTN doesn't automatically allow you Pre-Check. I was through the process and had a number in a few weeks. We have local offices here in metro Detroit so no need for an airport visit. I have flown 4 times since then and have yet to receive Pre-check. The decision is still up to DHS and it is evaluated at the time of check-in. Your name also has to match exactly between your ticket and your government documents. I created my Delta profile long before all this started and only used my middle initial. Still trying to get it sorted out with Delta because that is why I don't get Pre-check even though I have a KTN.
I believe you just told us that PRE does not work. Can I ask you to elaborate? Or have your issues been with Delta?
VERY important to my wife and I - also in MI, also tend to fly Delta...
It sound's like Lynn's issue was the fact that the ticket reservation name and the KTN/TSA PRE name did not match exactly. They must match to get TSA PRE. I've had precheck for a couple years and about a dozen or so flights. I've always gotten it.
I'm glad that I can drive to WDW and don't have to fly
We don't travel much (1-2x/year at most) and carry with us a laptop, tablet, our cell phones and our Kindles because no way am I gonna check those items! As infrequent travelers, we decided that pre-check isn't really worth it for us. So, in October, we're going to slog it through with the unwashed barefoot masses and get frisked.
Questions for those of you NOT enrolled in pre-check:
- Is TSA requiring a separate BIN for every device, or can you put multiple devices in one bin? If so, the 2 of us, we'll need 10 bins to handle our electronics, shoes, etc! Might as well hire a danged caravan and circus tent!
- Do they require us to take out battery packs / chargers (because that danged MDE app sucks your battery in the park faster than anything!)?
- How do they ensure that some unscrupulous traveler doesn't just walk off with your stuff while the agents are oogling your middle aged fat rolls in the scanning machine?