Archive for April, 2012
TSA Transportation Security Administration Air Travel Review
Monday, April 30th, 2012TSA Precheck Program = Sensible Security.
Saturday, April 28th, 2012TSA’s new precheck program is in early stages and not available to everybody, but if you are asked to join it’s probably a good idea. Here’s David Pogue, the New York Time’s technology writer, favorably reviewing the process:
Although TSA’s PreCheck is free you will have to “opt in” and only certain flyers are offered this opportunity at this time.
Look for a popup when visiting your airline’s Web site.
Pogue reports that “you can also get in to eCheck by joining a similar program like Sentri, Global Entry or Nexus”.
Read more here from David Pogue about the TSA Precheck Program
TSA Pre✓™ is currently available for eligible passengers flying on participating airlines that have opted in at the following airport checkpoint locations:
- Atlanta (ATL): T-South Checkpoint (Delta only)
- Chicago (ORD): Terminal 3, Checkpoint 8 (American only)
- Dallas (DFW): Terminal C, Checkpoint C30 (American only)
- Detroit (DTW): Checkpoint 2 on the ticketing level (Delta only)
- John F. Kennedy (JFK): Terminal 8 Main Checkpoint (American only)
- LaGuardia Airport (LGA): Delta Main Checkpoint (Delta only)
- Las Vegas (LAS): D Gates First Class Checkpoint (American and Delta)
- Los Angeles (LAX): TSA Pre✓™ screening lane (American only)
- Miami (MIA): D2 Checkpoint (American only)
- Minneapolis (MSP): Lindbergh Terminal, Checkpoint 4 (American and Delta)
- Seattle (SEA): Checkpoint 5 North (Alaska only)
- Salt Lake City (SLC): Terminal 2 Checkpoint (Delta only)
- Washington D.C. (DCA): Terminal B, South Checkpoint for gates 10-22 (Delta and Active Duty U.S. Military only)
In 2012, TSA plans to expand TSA Pre✓™ for eligible passengers flying on participating airlines at the following airport locations:
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)
- Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG)
- Denver International Airport (DEN)
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL)
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)
- Honolulu International Airport (HNL)
- Indianapolis International Airport (IND)
- Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL)
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)
- Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU)
- Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
- Orlando International Airport (MCO)
- Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)
- Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)
- Portland International Airport (PDX)
- San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
- Tampa International Airport (TPA)
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)
- Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
TSA plans to continue expanding the TSA Pre✓™ concept to include additional airlines, as well as airports that participate in CBP’s Global Entry program, once operationally ready.