I've got some questions about Pre-Check, given that there seem to be some people here who have it. My wife and 25-year old daughter are flying with me to California in July for a family wedding. Leaving BWI on a Thursday morning, returning, leaving Oakland on a Saturday morning. Given all the hoo-hah I've been reading about TSA meltdown (and my own unfortunate experience last summer), I'm wondering whether we should apply. Of course that's three of us at $85 bucks apiece, but it is good for 5 years.
I looked at their website, and it seems like you don't have to make the initial application online, but you can just go to the interview (they have a couple of locations in inconvenient parts of Baltimore and also downtown DC.) Is it possible to schedule interview appoints for all 3 of us at the same time? (The appointment schedule form on the web site appears to only allow you to make one appointment at a time, but they have a phone number to call.)
If we do get an appointment, what has the experience been in terms for time from appointment to time that you receive your KTN ("known traveler number?") That is, what's the absolute latest we need to get the appointment in order to apply it to our flight in early July? We already have the reservations, but the website said you should be able to call the airline and have them apply the KTN to the reservation before the boarding pass is issued.
Is this worth it, or should we just suck it up and arrive at the airport 3 hours early? (Of course, I'd hate to go through the process, fork over the cash, and find out there's no pre-check line that day.)
I looked at their website, and it seems like you don't have to make the initial application online, but you can just go to the interview (they have a couple of locations in inconvenient parts of Baltimore and also downtown DC.) Is it possible to schedule interview appoints for all 3 of us at the same time? (The appointment schedule form on the web site appears to only allow you to make one appointment at a time, but they have a phone number to call.)
If we do get an appointment, what has the experience been in terms for time from appointment to time that you receive your KTN ("known traveler number?") That is, what's the absolute latest we need to get the appointment in order to apply it to our flight in early July? We already have the reservations, but the website said you should be able to call the airline and have them apply the KTN to the reservation before the boarding pass is issued.
Is this worth it, or should we just suck it up and arrive at the airport 3 hours early? (Of course, I'd hate to go through the process, fork over the cash, and find out there's no pre-check line that day.)