Global Entry and PreCheck question
 

OK, so this past weekend we had our interviews and have now been approved for the Global Entry and the included pre-check benefit. We await the actual full approval which they said would be mailed in two to four weeks. But now I have a few questions.

We have two flights already booked -- one domestic, one international -- in the next few months. How do we add our Global Entry information so that our boarding passes will acknowledge the pre-check?

Meanwhile, this week we fly to Florida and while pre-check means nothing departing out of the tiny Trenton airport, it would be nice to get the pre-check on our return at Ft. Myers. Again how do we get that?

Your GE approval should include a known traveler number (aka "Pass ID"). If you go into your reservation on the airline site, there should be a field for adding it under traveler information--in the same place where it specifies gender and date of birth. Also add it to your FF profile, and it should then be included when you book new reservations, assuming you are logged in when you do so.

FYI, Pre is supposed to be random and never guaranteed. I have GE and probably get Pre about 95 percent of the time, but occasionally I do not (including, unfortunately, my last trip through the security chaos that is Newark).

OK. I had just looked on US Air's site (both upcoming flights are with them). There is a place for "Redress number" and one for "Known Traveler #" but they seemed to be paired together and I wasn't sure what that meant. I didn't realize that the known traveler number was the same as the Pass ID. Thanks, ms_go.

So far I can't seem to find that on Frontier's site, but I'll pursue it. They do have the most user unfriendly airline site I know.

It looks like Frontier doesn't participate yet:

http://www.tsa.gov/tsa-precheck/tsa-...lines-airports

In addition to being eligible yourself, you have to be traveling on a participating airline.

Interesting. Several times on a return from Ft. Myers on Frontier, my boarding pass has been marked "preCheck", but not Peter's. I've never known why, but it usually has. In fact that has happened with other airlines as well.

But meanwhile, on Frontier's site, it does tell about entering a "redress number", although it doesn't explain how or where, just that it can be done. I tried finding that to see if there was also a place for a known traveler number, but couldn't even find the place for the redress number -- just a link to read about it on the tsa. site.

pre check and Global entry are entirely different things.

Your Global Entry #/card is only applicable to arriving in the US on an international flight. Has nothing to do w/ domestic travel.

actually janisJ, according to the website, those with Global Entry are automatically entered for TSA precheck.
"The Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) PreCheck allows for expedited airport screening at TSA checkpoints in specific airports. Global Entry members are eligible for TSA PreCheck benefits."

And part of the reason we did this was that we read that you could "buy" TSA PreCheck for $75 for 5 years, but if you bought the Global Entry for $100 for 5 years, PreCheck would automatically come with it. I'm hoping that's true.

Oh, and I just looked at the TSA website which includes this under Q and A:

"Q. Who is eligible for TSA Pre✓®?

A. Travelers that are eligible for TSA Pre✓® include:

U.S. citizens of frequent flyer programs who meet TSA-mandated criteria and who have been invited by a participating airline.
. . .
All members of Global Entry."

Your GE number goes into the space, Known Traveler. Also, add this to each of your Frequent Flyer accounts. The only airline that didn't have a space to add it is Southwest but we got TSA Pre Check every time we've flown with them anyway.
We landed at JFK from London in October to a passport control mob scene and with our GE it took three minutes. Then had TSA Pre Check for our connecting domectic flights. Best $100.00 we've spent.

HappyTrvlr, I recently booked a ticket on SW and I did find a place for my Known Traveler #. I just booked my ticket in October for January travel so maybe this is new.

I also came thru JFK this year and GE/TSA precheck saved me at least 2 hours of standing in line. I love this program.

"Your Global Entry #/card is only applicable to arriving in the US on an international flight. Has nothing to do w/ domestic travel."

Not true. GE # qualifies participants for TSA PreCheck domestically. Enter GE # into your account profile for all airlines that participate in TSA Precheck in the box marked "redress/known traveler number" to receive PreCheck. (AirTran doesn't participate but will be entirely consumed by Southwest by the end of the year anyway.)

"The only airline that didn't have a space to add it is Southwest but we got TSA Pre Check every time we've flown with them anyway."

Look for the "known traveler number" box in your Rapid Rewards account profile. I fly SWA at least once a month and they definitely have a place to enter the number in your profile. I'm fairly certain there is a "known traveler #" box even when making reservations without being signed on to your account. When I make a reservation online while signed into my account, the number automatically comes up and I don't have to re-enter it every time I fly.
Ann Marie