November 15, 2017

TSA PreCheck Program Now Includes More of the World's Best Airlines

5 more airlines recently joined TSA PreCheck, bringing the total number of domestic & international carriers to 42
If you still don't have TSA PreCheck - meaning, you don't know how glorious it is to breeze through pre-flight security with your shoes and belt on and laptop safely packedÑthen maybe this will sway you: For just $85 (covering a five-year membership), your PreCheck will work at more than 180 U.S. airports. And as of late last week, All Nippon Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Finnair, Korean Air, and charter airline Contour Aviation all agreed to recognize the trusted traveler program, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced.

Etihad Airways was the only foreign airline outside of North America to offer this perk to passengers until September 2016, when German carrier Lufthansa became the first European airline to join the PreCheck program. (A number of other international carriers jumped on the bandwagon shortly thereafter.) And while other airlines are no doubt interested in joining the PreCheck club, the process is far from simple: Carriers have to meet all TSA security requirements and upgrade reservations systems to sync with the U.S. governmentÕs Secure Flight prescreening system; after all, as 's Barbara Peterson reported, even if you're an existing TSA PreCheck member, itÕs the airline that issues the boarding pass, and itÕs that document that displays your PreCheck eligibility to the agent manning the entrance to the checkpoint.

With the announcement, expedited screening is now available through 42 carriers, listed below in alphabetical order.

Aeromexico
Air Canada
Alaska Airlines
All Nippon Airways
Allegiant Air
American Airlines
Aruba Airlines
Avianca
Boutique Airlines
Cape Air
Cathay Pacific Airways
Contour Aviation
Copa Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Dominican Wings
Emirates
Etihad Airways
Finnair
Frontier Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines
InterCaribbean Airways
JetBlue Airways
Key Lime Air
Korean Air
Lufthansa
Miami Air International
OneJet
Seaborne Airlines
Silver Airways
Singapore Airlines
Southern Airways Express
Southwest Airlines
Spirit Airlines
Sun Country Airlines
Sunwing Airlines
Swift Air
Turkish Airlines
United Airlines
Virgin America
Virgin Atlantic
WestJet
Xtra Airways


Copyright 2017 CondŽ Nast. All rights reserved. From https://www.cntraveler.com. By Katherine LaGrave.

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