In September we will be boarding a BA flight on our way to Slovenia. As I understand it, BA does not issue boarding passes with PRE on the pass, even though we have included our Global Entry number in our API.
Can we show our Global Entry cards to gain entry to the Precheck line? This will be at San Jose (California) airport.
Hi Lola,
Your Global Entry cards won't help you with BA's priority lines. BA doesn't participate in TSA's precheck system yet. Contact BA and ask if they will move you to their 'priority' boarding status which might help - they did that for us flying from London to SJC at Heathrow. Good luck.
Thanks, Pete. We actually do have "priority" status as we are flying Business Class, thanks to miles. So we will have a shorter line. But my husband was hoping to avoid taking off his shoes---he hates that.
BA isn't a participating airline with TSA Precheck. So, no one gets it. Showing your card won't help.
The number you put in your reservation is not your Global Entry number. It is your trusted traveler number that tells the computers you are eligible for PrebCheck IF it is available. It's not with BA.
You don't.
Getting access to the TSA Pre lane depends on the airline you are flying being a member of the group. Most airlines not based in the US are not members, but many are joining. Getting randomly assigned to the Pre lane is something TSA is no longer doing as of the end of February this year because most of the Pre lanes are overcrowded at most airports now. So it is the slow lane for you.
Gee, my wife got Precheck randomly assigned several times, and a few times I still managed to beat her through security. I don't think it is anything to get too worried about.
Not worried at all. It just annoys my husband to have to remove his shoes.
I will point out to him that we are better off with the shorter Priority line, so hopefully he won't complain!
As I understand it. The airlines have nothing to do with who gets TSA Precheck or not. IN the beginning, many US based airlines offered the opportunity to apply for the trusted traveler program (like Global Entry -which I have) to their most valuable frequent fliers as a way to jump start the whole TSA Precheck thing. Yes, when you complete your travelers info on the your airline website there is a place to enter your trusted traveler - known traveler number and that number should also be listed on your profiles for any airline you have "status" with. BA might not "offer" Precheck but IF you have "status" with a partner airline and you list that information on the BA site AND you are a known traveler - you very well should see the TSA Precheck on your boarding pass (with of course the random denial for whatever reason).
As mentioned above TSA has stopped just randomly giving TSA Precheck to folks not enrolled in the trusted traveler program as the traveling public has had time to enroll or not enroll and the program has accomplished the goal of allow frequent travelers to get through the TSA lines quicker.
