Travel Preparation
Apr. 19th, 2016 09:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisToday, Michael and I went for our inteviews for the TSA Precheck program (Kent has a different date at a different office, one more convenient to his office). The hope is that having the precheck and "Known Traveller" status will help us get through airport security lines a little faster. Even if the lines don't move faster, at least we won't have to take off our shoes & belts, remove laptops, etc..
The interview itself was fairly bland: the data we entered on the online forms was displayed back to us and we were asked to confirm the contents. Our fingerprints were then scanned, payment of $85 (for five years) was taken, and we were done. The background check will take about 30 days, but the investigation status will be updated online.
Interestingly, about 10% of all applications are rejected. And the fee is non-refundable.
The precheck is good for domestic flights and as it stands, my next two trips are both international. Still, the known traveller status is printed on the boarding passes by the airlines rather than the TSA, so there's always a chance we'll get the precheck line for the security at whichever airport we're using. I'll let you know.
If nothing else, the expedited line will be useful for my future trips to San Francisco, Michael's visits to Cleveland, or Kent's to Florida.
The interview itself was fairly bland: the data we entered on the online forms was displayed back to us and we were asked to confirm the contents. Our fingerprints were then scanned, payment of $85 (for five years) was taken, and we were done. The background check will take about 30 days, but the investigation status will be updated online.
Interestingly, about 10% of all applications are rejected. And the fee is non-refundable.
The precheck is good for domestic flights and as it stands, my next two trips are both international. Still, the known traveller status is printed on the boarding passes by the airlines rather than the TSA, so there's always a chance we'll get the precheck line for the security at whichever airport we're using. I'll let you know.
If nothing else, the expedited line will be useful for my future trips to San Francisco, Michael's visits to Cleveland, or Kent's to Florida.
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Date: 2016-04-20 02:27 pm (UTC)We actually got Global Entry, which makes processing on re-entry into the US significantly faster, but even so there doesn't generally seem to be any pre-check on international flights.
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Date: 2016-04-20 03:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-04-20 03:37 pm (UTC)