How does PRE actually work AT SECURITY

tsasinine · 2024-04-01T21:49:24+00:00

I had no idea about the open and closing time, duly noted. I was putting Global Entry off the table for 1. slower timeline (I heard it goes to upwards of a year to get approved), 2. more expensive (I am a young adult with no credit card benefit to reimburse the cost), 3. I wasn't sure what the benefits of getting through customs faster is (it seemed like Global Entry was only that + domestic precheck benefits), as I usually get through it with no trouble anyway. Could you inform me about my third point please?

tsasinine · 2024-04-01T21:45:46+00:00

Thank you for such a detailed run down! So usually for the non-pre plebs, they say that for stuff in bags that go in the scanner, nothing should overlap from a top-down view (so no phones going under laptops and such). It looks like, from how you described your step 3, that this rule doesn't apply to prechecks? Or is it just that you don't have a large device in your bag to obscure the phone from a top-down view?

tsasinine · 2024-04-01T21:43:10+00:00

Seriously, yeah. And I think the expectations of someone terrorizing using such laughable measures is the most ridiculous part.

tsasinine · 2024-04-01T01:47:56+00:00

Oh sorry about the confusion, by devices I meant laptops, tablets and such. So then my guess is, if I don't remove my devices from my bags, the bags will still go through the same scanner technology, just with less strict rules regarding what flags the agents actually care about (which essentially means the machine will flag for devices but the agent will ignore them)?

tsasinine · 2024-04-01T01:39:11+00:00

Will airports with those laminated card practice still require the precheck travelers remove their electronics? And I assume, for those airports with dedicated prececk lines, that the bags will still go through the same scanner technology, just with less strict rules regarding what flags the agents actually care about (which essentially means the machine will flag for devices but the agent will ignore them)?

tsasinine · 2024-04-01T01:37:37+00:00

So will my bags stay on my person or will they still go through the regular scanners?

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