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Re: Changes to Pre Check
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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04/01/2016 09:23 PM
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jiminboston
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I don't know what 'pre check' means. But on a recent trip to SXM, I encountered a 'TSA Pre (TM)' that was anything like what I expected. I have been a member of Global Entry for a few years now, and consequently TSA Pre. But this time, on March 19 while on the way to SXM, I was diverted to a 'Nude-O-Scope'. And the fellow who was running that device was rather hostile, asking why I had stuff in my pockets. Since I had expected to go through a metal detector, I hadn't bothered to remove my pill container, plastic comb, wallet and so forth from my pockets. This led the fellow to do the expected 'feel up'. That didn't bother me, but the delay did. I won't bother this audience with why I don't think they should bother with me: I am not a threat to the aircraft and they (The TSA) should know it. They should be paying attention to other passengers who they don't know are not a threat to the aircraft. So they wasted an opportunity.
Last edited by jiminboston; 04/01/2016 09:26 PM.
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Re: Changes to Pre Check
[Re: wilsonck]
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04/02/2016 01:00 PM
04/02/2016 01:00 PM
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Or, you may not get it at all and be out the $100 registration fee. If you have ANYTHING on your record, including things like taking something through security that is not allowed, you most likely will be declined.
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Re: Changes to Pre Check
[Re: GaKaye]
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04/03/2016 11:46 AM
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BerneandGary
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Just checked in for my Southwest Airlines flight for tomorrow morning & I got TSA Pre-check - I do not have Global entry & just made my reservations in February.
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Re: Changes to Pre Check
[Re: boucharda]
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04/03/2016 02:31 PM
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..except me!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" /> I haven't gotten pre-check in a long time. And coming home from SXM this time, I got the third degree in SJU. I must have made someone's 'naughty' list..
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Re: Changes to Pre Check
[Re: jrr1148]
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04/03/2016 08:21 PM
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For the record, the interview is not with a TSA agent but with a Customs agent.
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Re: Changes to Pre Check
[Re: SXMWendell]
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04/03/2016 08:27 PM
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SXMWendell said: Returning from our last trip tp SXM ( boarding pass said PRE but there wasn't) . We cleared customs in Atlanta. My wife being a resident alien did the kiosks with me ( only 1 line for everybody) had the big X thru her coupon from the kiosk made us have to talk with an immigration agent. The total process took 15 to 20 minutes thru imigration , customs and rechecking our bags.
I was kinda in shock on this one.
SXM??? Wendell Same experience at JFK. I think between getting off the plane to the curb, with checked luggage it was 26 or 27 minutes - we all got the X because my husband did his own, and my son "helped" me and pushes all the wrong buttons - helping!!
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Re: Changes to Pre Check
[Re: MotownTim]
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04/04/2016 08:37 AM
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MotownTim said: I have GE and didn't get TSA pre my last flight to SXM. Probably should check my profile in Delta. Info seems to disappear. This might be part of the variability that people seem to be reporting regarding whether or not they get TSA Pre when you have Global Entry. You have to enter your Known Traveler Number into the information you give the airline for check-in and, depending on how you booked your trip (maybe through a place like Orbitz vs. directly with the airline), that information may not get all the way through to the airline. And, with some of the airline mergers, some of their computer systems aren't fully merged and information like this can get dropped. I'm pretty sure this happened to us once when we had a "mixed carrier trip" and didn't get TSA Pre on one leg.
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Re: Changes to Pre Check
[Re: candj]
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04/04/2016 06:25 PM
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candj said: For the record, the interview is not with a TSA agent but with a Customs agent. Even further for the record, the interview is with an ICE Agent (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement). <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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