Have you ever seen a Pre-Check line that was actually longer than the traditional TSA screen lines, or have you had pretty good luck every time that you’ve gone through security?
How long did it take you to get approved?
my husband has this and swears by it. all you have to do is take your phone out of your pocket, nothing else needs to be removed, and there has never been a line in the pre-check area at all. i forget what he paid it was $100 or so, i think and it is good for 5 years. for frequent travelers, and esp for international travelers, it is a huge help.
Last time leaving Denver the Premier Access line was just as lengthly as steerage. To makenthings worse, they were testing a “randomizer” pilot program where after the preliminary ID and ticketting check, a TSA agent had a tablet type computer they wanted you to tap to choose “randomly” which of 2 lines you entered... one was regular full body background scatter radiation scan machine... the other was an ordinary metal detector. The line for the metal detector flowed fine... the full blown scanning line was an “urban f*** jungle” with the line backing up all the way to the “randomizer” causing congestion. The TSA agent was beyond frustrated. The stupid randomizer was obviously dreamed up by some nitwit kid fresh out of college making $80k/yr working for DHS.
Also, there was a 3rd line for TSA precheck... no line at all... AND a 4th line that seemed to be some private enerprise 3rd party security “club”... I forget what they called it.