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Re: Post MIA C&I Pre Check
[Re: cruzer]
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06/02/2019 12:08 PM
06/02/2019 12:08 PM
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Hi. I moved this here, as unfortunately the SXM People Talk forum gets almost no reads these days. Don't know the answer to your question, as when we fly to Miami, that is our final destination. I'm sure someone here will know though.
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Re: Post MIA C&I Pre Check
[Re: cruzer]
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06/02/2019 04:33 PM
06/02/2019 04:33 PM
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When you exit the Customs Hall at MIA and follow the signs for "Connecting Flights" you'll be directed to a TSA Checkpoint for Terminal D that DOES NOT have Pre-check. Our experience has always been that if you ask one of the attendants or airport personnel where the nearest "Pre-check line is located they will plead ignorance or tell you it is not operating that day.
Don't believe them. You have two options: You can exit the terminal and proceeds to the upper level and walk (toward your left) to the TSA Checkpoint for Terminal E - it's right opposite the registration desk for the MIA Airport Hotel and only about a 3 minute walk from where you exit the the Customs Hall - it's a little confusing because they have the direct route closed off but you can get there quickly by going down one level and back up again. We've hardly ever encountered any long lines for Pre-Check at this checkpoint. Your other option is to go to Checkpoint 2 in Terminal D (just passed the ticketing counters near Gates 23 and 24 if I remember correctly). It's about a 10 minute walk (to your left) when exiting the Customs Hall. The TSA pre-check line there moves relatively quickly but can be crowded.
Last edited by Fletch; 06/02/2019 04:35 PM.
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Re: Post MIA C&I Pre Check
[Re: Fletch]
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06/02/2019 04:48 PM
06/02/2019 04:48 PM
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CaribLee
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When you exit the Customs Hall at MIA and follow the signs for "Connecting Flights" you'll be directed to a TSA Checkpoint for Terminal D that DOES NOT have Pre-check. Our experience has always been that if you ask one of the attendants or airport personnel where the nearest "Pre-check line is located they will plead ignorance or tell you it is not operating that day.
Don't believe them. You have two options: You can exit the terminal and proceeds to the upper level and walk (toward your left) to the TSA Checkpoint for Terminal E - it's right opposite the registration desk for the MIA Airport Hotel and only about a 3 minute walk from where you exit the the Customs Hall - it's a little confusing because they have the direct route closed off but you can get there quickly by going down one level and back up again. We've hardly ever encountered any long lines for Pre-Check at this checkpoint. Your other option is to go to Checkpoint 2 in Terminal D (just passed the ticketing counters near Gates 23 and 24 if I remember correctly). It's about a 10 minute walk (to your left) when exiting the Customs Hall. The TSA pre-check line there moves relatively quickly but can be crowded. Fletch--not sure when you last cleared customs at Miami but the experience I related above was less than a month ago (May 8). This was the first time they had ever handed us a red card if we had precheck (perhaps something they have recently started). Even without precheck, the lines were very short and it would have taken longer to walk to the dedicated precheck line than go through the C&I security checkpoint. Admittedly, this was on a Wednesday and perhaps weekends could be worse. But the two or three times I have gone through this checkpoint, it has never been much of a wait. I would only go elsewhere if you encountered long lines at the C&I checkpoint.
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Re: Post MIA C&I Pre Check
[Re: cruzer]
#196567
06/03/2019 09:10 AM
06/03/2019 09:10 AM
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DICKG
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Miami is the worst airport for people arriving from out of the US . We used to fly through Miami all the time now we avoid it . It also would help if some of the people who work there spoke English
Last edited by DICKG; 06/03/2019 09:12 AM.
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