TSA PreCheck – the trusted traveler program that gets you into a faster security lane and allows you to leave your belt and shoes on and keep electronics and liquids in your bag – has expanded to even more airlines, including some notable carriers flying across both oceans.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced Monday that it added four more international carriers to the roster of airlines participating in TSA PreCheck. That includes:
- Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus has made a name for itself with cheap transatlantic fares flying to Dublin (DUB) from more than a dozen U.S. cities, including new routes from Minneapolis (MSP) and Denver (DEN) plus a free stopover program, allowing flyers to stop in Dublin for up to seven days on their way to (or back from) elsewhere in Europe.
- Air New Zealand offers nonstop flights from several U.S. cities including Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), Houston (IAH), and New York (JFK) to Auckland (AKL) and beyond to other destinations in the South Pacific, with easy connections throughout the U.S. thanks to its Star Alliance partner United.
- Ethiopian Airlines offers nonstop flights from Chicago (ORD), Washington, D.C. (IAD), Newark (EWR), and New York (JFK) and Atlanta (ATL) to the West African nation, with short intra-Africa connections throughout the continent via its partner airlines.
- Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, flies between several U.S. cities and Saudi Arabia.
Travelers booked with these airlines need only add their Known Traveler Number (KTN) to their reservations to get into PreCheck lines before a flight. And that’s the rub with PreCheck: Just because you’ve paid to sign up doesn’t mean you’ll always get PreCheck at the airport – your airline has to participate in the program.
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Source ThriftyFlyer.com
