TSA PreCheck

[ssomwm]

Hi -

 

Looking for other full time RVers that have applied for and gotten approved for TSA PreCheck. Of course we like to travel in our RV the most, but there are times when we just have to fly and having Precheck would be nice.

 

I started to fill out the application and got to the point where they ask if my mailing address is the same as my residence and if I have lived in my residence for 5 years. Well we are residents of SD and my mail goes to a mailing service there.

 

How should I answer the questions and is this going to stop me from being approved as a PreCheck flyer?

 

thanks

-Bill

[nana25k]

Not sure but our passports show our mail forwarding address. I was onlybtenrewing mine and I don't remember if yhatxwuestion was asked on Ron's passport application

[NoDirectionHome]

They are asking because they will contact (interview) your neighbors as to what kind of person you are.

[whj469]

I was not aware that they would ask your neightors as to what kind of person you are for a TSA Precheck?

[2gypsies]

Our passports also show our mail forwarding address.

[jc2]

I was not aware that they would ask your neightors as to what kind of person you are for a TSA Precheck?

 

Completely unnecessary as they could simply ask me instead of bothering my neighbors and I would gladly give them a stellar report.

[Darryl&Rita]

Just like the news interviews. If your neighbors report that you're quiet & keep to yourself, the red flags go up

[redcrzr]

Neighbors will report that you come and go at the drop of a hat. Not what they want to hear.

 

Todd

[The Quiet Assassin]

Hmm I got my TSA precheck without asking for it or filling out any forms. I am of no fixed abode as I live on a boat currently in the Eastern Caribbean.

 

Perhaps they give it automatically to white haired old farts

[sandsys]

I also got a TSA precheck with no application. I have no idea why but it sure was nice to get. On the other hand, a woman who normally had precheck got selected for deeper scrutiny anyway--apparently that do that randomly. She and her husband were very upset because they had not allowed extra time for the scrutiny even though they saw her boarding pass did not say precheck. Pay attention, people.

 

Linda Sand

[soos]

I think the OP is talking about a different program, one where you apply for "permanent " pre-check, after applying for it and passing the scrutiny.

There is also a random pre-check, whereby a certain amount of people get "pre-check"on a particular flight. They then are lucky enough to bypass most of the security lines, and don't have to remove shoes and jackets etc. I have been lucky enough to get it quite a few times, and also got so used to it that it sure is disappointing when I don't get it!

 

I don't fly often enough to bother applying for permanent status though.

[DJW]

Nobody is going to go visit your neighbors. They are going to do a National Agency Check. If you do not show up on it "bingo" you get the pre check request approved providing your check clears. If you do have something show up on the NAC then you might not get approved. These guys are so far behind in getting a background investigations done for real security clearances that they do not have time to play with pre check interviews.

 

Dennis

[kb0zke]

Jo Ann and I are on the pre-check list, but one time my ticket was missing a space between my first and middle names, so of course it didn't come up on the pre-check list. I had to go through the full check, while Jo Ann went through the pre-check. The next flight had my name right, so I, too, got the short line. Computers do exactly what you tell them, NOT what you want them to do.

[Essness]

late to the game, no one talks to your neighbors and they don't much care where you actually live. They will do a pretty extensive background check to determine your eligibility. Airlines and TSA were promoting pre-check for a while so some people who were registered with frequent flier programs were getting pre-check as a promotion. As I understand it, they have ended that promotion.

 

I have been registered with pre-check since it became available and find it to be worth the process and $85.00 fee for 5 years. We'll have to see how our government screws this up when my initial 5 years expire.

[budeneighe]

late to the game, no one talks to your neighbors and they don't much care where you actually live. They will do a pretty extensive background check to determine your eligibility. Airlines and TSA were promoting pre-check for a while so some people who were registered with frequent flier programs were getting pre-check as a promotion. As I understand it, they have ended that promotion.

 

I have been registered with pre-check since it became available and find it to be worth the process and $85.00 fee for 5 years. We'll have to see how our government screws this up when my initial 5 years expire.

 

We did not initially sign up for it. $85 is a lot to us. But now that our baggage can cost us that and more, it was possible to expense it out over several trips by taking one or two bags less or flying southwest.

 

I wonder how much spin this really is just to get people to pay more for the same thing. Clearly, the TSA is not any better at screening people that it was when it started and maybe it is now worse. So it comes down to ways to make money from doing nothing but reducing artificially induced inconvenience.

 

As travel in the world becomes riskier so does the cost.

[W0GER]

I opted for Global Entry - a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) program that allows expedited clearance for pre-approved, low-risk travelers upon arrival in the United States.

https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry

 

This program allows me to use the kiosks at international points of entry instead of standing in line.

The program also makes you eligible for TSA Pre-Check for all airlines that support it.

Global Entry costs $100 and I believe is good for 6 years.

[Itinerant1]

I fulltime and have TSA pre check (Known Traveler Number). It was pretty easy if you have the proper ID (I used my passport). My SD mail forward address is different than the passport when I got that years ago. No problem 36 days later and received my #. If you fly enough and hate those long lines taking your shoes, jacket off and everything out of pockets, computers out of carry on then getting an x-ray more power to you..