Passengers with a Known Traveler Number
Passengers who have been issued a Known Traveler Number (KTN) by TSA or CBP have generally undergone a vetting process or background check as part of their employment or via a DHS Trusted Traveler program. Since TSA knows more about these passengers they are more likely to be eligible for TSA PreCheck screening more often than passengers the agency knows less about.

TSA Initiatives

TSA has implemented several initiatives to allow more passengers to experience TSA PreCheck.

Managed Inclusion combines the use of multiple layers of security to indirectly conduct a real-time assessment of passengers at select airports. This initiative will operate at designated checkpoints at different times, depending on passenger volume and other variables.

Risk Assessments are conducted using TSA’s Secure Flight system to identify travelers who may be eligible for TSA PreCheck screening using information already collected and provided to TSA by the airlines. This program is used on a flight-by-flight basis and does not require passengers to enroll in a DHS Trusted Traveler program. If a passenger is eligible for TSA PreCheck for a particular flight, a TSA PreCheck indicator will be embedded in the barcode of the boarding pass so that when scanned at the checkpoint, the passenger may be referred to a TSA PreCheck lane.

Passengers who are deemed eligible for TSA PreCheck via one of these two TSA initiatives will receive TSA PreCheck screening on a flight-by-flight basis and should not expect it each time they fly.

Leagle49 said:
If you have not applied for it, you may still get it randomly and not very often. If you do apply and are approved, you will get it most of the time.

Cats2 said:
This past June when leaving SXM I had the dreaded 4 "SSSS" on my boarding pass. My husband had gotten it last year so I was not caught off guard by knowing the process. Security called me up a table by the gateway. They went through everything I had and female Security frisked me. Then they let me go to the plane. I was the 1st person on the plane even before the 1st class folks. It was great, never been #1 to board. Hope it happens again next year.

The TSA Precheck program is free, other than your time and travel costs to the interview.

Had to take a flight last week and TSA agent seemed agitated and confused, couldn't differentiate between those who had PRE and those who did not,

SXMScubaman said:
There is no PRE Check in SXM but it helps for your connections after customs.

boucharda said:


Correct...there is no PreCheck in any foreign country that does not have US Immigration in residence like Aruba and Dublin. Not even sure if it exists there....

I should also add that we have never had PreCheck printed on our connecting flight boarding passes from SXM...and we have GE and have ALWAYS had it printed on every domestic flight boarding passes..

boucharda said:


TSA PreCheckis not free. It costs $85 to apply...occasional random assignment is free....GE costs $15 more ans gets you through lines at both ends...



It says "TSA PreCheck" right on your boarding pass and you go into the PreCheck line from the start. No clue why the agent couldn't read the boarding pass ...unless you just went into the regular line and then all bets are off

boucharda said:
Interesting <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Thumbsup.gif" alt="" />

We have been doing the N/S JB return for the last 2 years so I haven't been subject to PreCheck from SXM

WayneH said:
Not knowing to whom I should reply I will simply revert back to the OP. Leaving Key West last year I had the TSA Precheck on my boarding pass for both legs of my trip, Key West and Miami. In Key West I couldn't use it as I was told that they weren't set up for that. It worked in Miami, though. Just goes to show that not every airport accepts the Precheck, USA as well as other countries.

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