TSA Pre-Check & Global Entry Make Security A Breeze

I can’t remember the first time I heard about TSA’s Pre-Check…feels like forever ago. Since domestically I primarily fly US Airways it took a lot longer for the program to be implemented in airports I fly through. To this day I still haven’t had a boarding pass that was approved for Pre-Check.

Last week I read a post by The Military Frequent Flyer and realized that I had missed one very important fact about Pre-Check. I learned that I could go through the Pre-Check lane anytime and have them scan my Global Entry Card. It doesn’t matter if my boarding pass was approved or not, if I use my Global Entry card I have a 90% chance or higher of being approved.

So this week I decided to take it for a spin. I entered the Pre-Check lane (and ps there was no one else in the line), handed my Global Entry Card and boarding pass to the agent and was cleared!

If TSA determines you are eligible for expedited screening, information is embedded in the barcode of your boarding pass or in you global entry card. If you are cleared, you can:

• Keep Shoes on
• Keep 3-1-1 compliant bag in carry-on
• Keep Laptop in bag
• Wear Light outerwear/jacket
• Keep Belt on

In addition, passengers 12 and younger are allowed through TSA Pre✓™ lanes with eligible passengers. Spouses are not unless they are also qualified and cleared.

I was literally through security in about 5 minutes and on the way to my flight. What a great find! I’m so excited to know that I can just show global entry card and have a very high chance of being cleared.

Pre-Check is available at the following airports through participating airlines – don’t forget, if you have Global Entry you can use any of these location.

Alaska Airlines – Chicago O’Hare International, Dallas/Fort Worth International, Denver International, George Bush Intercontinental, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, Honolulu International, John Wayne, Logan International, Los Angeles International, Miami International, Minneapolis-St. Paul International, Orlando International, Portland International, Ronald Reagan Washington National, Seattle-Tacoma International and Ted Stevens Anchorage International airports

American Airlines – Charlotte Douglas International, Chicago O’Hare International, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, Dallas/Fort Worth International, Denver International, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, Honolulu International, Indianapolis International, John F. Kennedy International, John Wayne, LaGuardia, Lambert-St. Louis International, Las Vegas’ McCarran International, Logan International, Los Angeles International, Miami International, Minneapolis-St. Paul International, Orlando International, Pittsburgh International, Portland International, San Francisco International, Seattle-Tacoma International, Ted Stevens Anchorage International and Washington Dulles International airports

Delta Air Lines – Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, Charlotte Douglas International, Chicago O’Hare International, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, Dallas/Fort Worth International, Denver International, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, Honolulu International, Indianapolis International, John Wayne, LaGuardia Airport, Las Vegas’ McCarran, Logan International, Los Angeles International, Luis Muñoz Marin International, Minneapolis-St. Paul International, Orlando International, Pittsburgh International, Portland International, Ronald Reagan Washington National, Salt Lake City International, Seattle-Tacoma International, Tampa International, Ted Stevens Anchorage International and Washington Dulles International airports

United Airlines – Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, Charlotte Douglas International, Chicago O’Hare International, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, Denver International, George Bush Intercontinental, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, Honolulu International, Indianapolis International, John Wayne, Los Angeles International, Luis Muñoz Marin International, Minneapolis-St. Paul International, Newark Liberty International, Orlando International, Philadelphia International, Pittsburgh International, Portland International, Ronald Reagan Washington National, San Francisco International, Seattle-Tacoma International, Ted Stevens Anchorage International and Washington Dulles International airports

US Airways – Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, Charlotte Douglas International, Chicago O’Hare International, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, Denver International, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, Honolulu International, Indianapolis International, John Wayne, Lambert-St. Louis International, Luis Muñoz Marin International, Minneapolis-St. Paul International, Orlando International, Philadelphia International, Phoenix Sky Harbor International, Pittsburgh International, Portland International, Ronald Reagan Washington National, Salt Lake International, Seattle-Tacoma International, Ted Stevens Anchorage International and Washington Dulles International airports