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creationist believer posted:They'll shoo you over to the regular line when they scan your BP and it isn't flagged in the PreCheck system. If they notice you modified your BP to add the PreCheck logo, I'd hope they send you to SSSS. Fair enough, last time I got precheck it was purely visual check.
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taco show posted:I guess the “machines aren’t working” or some other insanity for EWR Terminal A Gates 30-39 so even the precheck line is all the way down the hallway to the bathrooms and I might actually miss my flight despite being here an hr before boarding ???? Granted I am normally in C at EWR but is there a time when the pre-check line isn't that long? Seems pretty normal to me. If ever there was an airport Clear would clean up at it's that one.
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Rex-Goliath posted:Has anyone taken up Sheraton’s gift offer on getting one of their mattresses? I just got a new place and am gonna replace my mattress soon and just remembered that I have that as an option. I really liked their stuff when I stayed there but who knows if that’s what I’ll actually get. Anyone?
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Guy Axlerod posted:You use your Nexus or Global Entry card to get into the cool guy line in Canada. You can bring your friends too.
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DJCobol posted:Since when? The last time I renewed my Nexus a couple of years ago, the rules said that everyone in your party had to be a Nexus member to use that lane whether it was air or land. Yeah if you have Nexus but have someone in the car who doesn't you have to go to a regular lane If you go to the Nexus lane with a non-Nexus member they revoke your Nexus
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DJCobol posted:Since when? The last time I renewed my Nexus a couple of years ago, the rules said that everyone in your party had to be a Nexus member to use that lane whether it was air or land. This is the airport security line, not immigration.
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Aug 31, 2018 15:14
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EugeneJ posted:Yeah if you have Nexus but have someone in the car who doesn't you have to go to a regular lane Interesting. I've had my entire party get TSA Pre before just because I had it.
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EugeneJ posted:
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Aug 31, 2018 15:33
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At SEA, sometimes the Pre-check minion is a local employee and I’ve told them I have Pre and they let me through... (Asiana didn’t support Pre-check and I figured it was a worth a try...didn’t expect it to work)
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psydude posted:Interesting. I've had my entire party get TSA Pre before just because I had it. Pre is sometimes given out at random to flyers who the TSA thinks are low risk. Mostly it's a marketing thing. But it would surprise me much if someone who has Pre makes/is on a reservation that the TSA weighs that in the other people's favor. If it one person with a Pre escorting a party of people without then I can totally see a TSA agent loving up. As for people not getting flagged...it's the TSA. Half of their staff don't know their procedures anyway.
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If someone without PreCheck is in the same booking/reservation as someone who does have it, they'll get PreCheck on their boarding pass as well, but usually they'll be flagged in the system. They can do the regular PreCheck stuff, but TSA is supposed to swab their hands for bomb juice after the metal detector.
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creationist believer posted:If someone without PreCheck is in the same booking/reservation as someone who does have it, they'll get PreCheck on their boarding pass as well, but usually they'll be flagged in the system. They can do the regular PreCheck stuff, but TSA is supposed to swab their hands for bomb juice after the metal detector. How would they have any idea how the queue will be sorted with 2 agents checking passes/IDs and the 2 conveyor belts filtering to a single walk through metal detector? The hand swabbing is chosen at random.
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sellouts posted:How would they have any idea how the queue will be sorted with 2 agents checking passes/IDs and the 2 conveyor belts filtering to a single walk through metal detector? When I was traveling with a friend who didn't have PreCheck, the agent who checks boarding pass and ID handed her a giant orange card. Then after the metal detector, another agent took the card and swabbed her hands.
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That certainly isn’t consistent policy across many airports.
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Guy Axlerod posted:You use your Nexus or Global Entry card to get into the cool guy line (at airport security) in Canada. You can bring your friends too. The physical global entry card is only supposed to be used at land crossings, and I've never even been able to do that. And it's certainly no use if you're going from the US to Canada.
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Thomamelas posted:Pre is sometimes given out at random to flyers who the TSA thinks are low risk. Mostly it's a marketing thing. But it would surprise me much if someone who has Pre makes/is on a reservation that the TSA weighs that in the other people's favor. If it one person with a Pre escorting a party of people without then I can totally see a TSA agent loving up. As for people not getting flagged...it's the TSA. Half of their staff don't know their procedures anyway. I've never heard of this. I do know though that I have a nearly guaranteed success rate of getting Pre for anyone else on the same reservation as me. I assume there's some check, but it's far too consistent to be random.
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This is what I'm talking about regarding Nexus / GE cards at Canadian airports: https://www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/en/trusted-travellersquote:Simpler Screening for Trusted Travellers It's at the security line to get on your flight, not immigration.
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protip i just discovered with the waitress: if you're flying through A terminal BOS lucky's bar charges rail prices for all vodka drinks if you order a double 
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Ixian posted:Granted I am normally in C at EWR but is there a time when the pre-check line isn't that long? Seems pretty normal to me. If ever there was an airport Clear would clean up at it's that one. Idk I usually fly through LGA. EWR bathrooms in the A30 wing are also being renovated so there were fancy portapotties set up lol. Complete shitshow. Also I am seriously debating whether I shell out 1800 for ORD-LHR-NBO-EBB and fly almost all AA or do 1200 ORD-DOH-EBB on Qatar for 25% miles. I definitely won’t hit platinum this year if I take the latter route...
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Who is paying for the difference? And how much would you actually *use* platinum? Achieving status is pointless unless you actually use it frequently, in this hamster wheel of frequent flying..
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Mandalay posted:Who is paying for the difference? And how much would you actually *use* platinum? Achieving status is pointless unless you actually use it frequently, in this hamster wheel of frequent flying.. The main reason I need platinum is that I can finagle a way to get back by the next morning if flights get cancelled. You can get real creative if you overnight in DFW.
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Rex-Goliath posted:protip i just discovered with the waitress: if you're flying through A terminal BOS lucky's bar charges rail prices for all vodka drinks if you order a double This is extremely relevant to my interests in 2 weeks.
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Just used 220,000 AAdvantage points, which was about 18 months of travel + card spend, to book business class tickets for wife and I from the west coast to Europe for my 40th birthday next summer. This thread motivated me to consolidate my loyalty program and points cards as much as possible - thanks y’all! I expected some fees and taxes, but not $2k worth; getting to Japan in United was much cheaper two years ago. Looking on track for Platinum with AA again after a hiatus of two years, and should hit Gold with Marriott for the first time, although it looks like their status is getting watered down pretty hard. It’s a long shot for me to hit Executive with National and although I don’t really rent cars much now, I have some work starting up later this year that will be more car dependent, so I might start pushing to rent more. I’m on a regular three week rotation to the Midwest that keeps me on site for 3 days and 2 nights; add in some driving trips across Southern California in the intervening weeks and it’s about as much as I want to travel for work. I’m not sure how KillHour has kept his sanity. Anza Borrego fucked around with this message at 06:28 on Sep 1, 2018 |
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Anza Borrego posted:I’m not sure how KillHour has kept his sanity. *Ron Howard Narrator voice* He didn't. Did you book British Airways flights? BA tacks on ridiculous fuel surcharges, and passes it on to partner award travel, and London has high luxury taxes if you're connecting there in business/first class. If you can find AA award availability that work for your schedule, you'll use the same number of miles and only pay the 9/11 security fee.
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The AA west coast to Europe service is superior in Biz than BA. Have spent way too much time in both. First, maybe a different story.
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Mandalay posted:Who is paying for the difference? And how much would you actually *use* platinum? Achieving status is pointless unless you actually use it frequently, in this hamster wheel of frequent flying.. Platinum is useful for international routes because you can get into most one world lounges with one world sapphire.
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Mandalay posted:Who is paying for the difference? And how much would you actually *use* platinum? Achieving status is pointless unless you actually use it frequently, in this hamster wheel of frequent flying.. E/N time: I’d be paying for it (personal travel) and I fly about 2-3 weeks a month domestically from O’Hare. We had a really slow Q1 so my segments are lower than normal and this year all to places like LGA and Kansas City so the mileage is a crap shoot. I think I’m gonna say gently caress the game and book award travel instead. In things that the thread actually cares about I finally signed up for rewards on my Corporate AMEX ($90 and a 5 minute phone call).
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creationist believer posted:*Ron Howard Narrator voice* He didn't. *shaking violently* The planesies, I can hear them. They're coming for Precious. No take Precious away NO! I literally just got an email from one of our PMs saying "It's that time of the quarter again" and asking me if I scheduled "the training for $customer in Lima" and saying he'd like to bill them this month for it. I have no idea who this customer is. Am I supposed to be going to Peru once a quarter? Was somebody planning to mention this to me or were they just going to surprise me with plane tickets? 
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KillHour posted:*shaking violently* The planesies, I can hear them. They're coming for Precious. No take Precious away NO! The customer is Al Paca and you have to fly coach in LAN, hope that helps.
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Midjack posted:The customer is Al Paca and you have to fly coach in LAN, hope that helps. Would you rather: Fly coach on LAN from Lima to Bogota, or fly coach on a BA 787 from Baltimore to LHR?
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psydude posted:Would you rather: Trick question, I'd shoot myself in the face.
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It’s not the seat width/leg room that’s an issue on BA’s 787 economy seat, it’s that there is almost no padding so you feel like you’re sitting on a metal bench for 7 hours. I’d consider being one of those people that brings a huge rear end pillow if I have to fly BA’s 787 in economy again.
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I'm 6'5" and I can sit comfortably in American's economy on its 767s and 777s. On BA's 787s my legs cannot physically fit.
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creationist believer posted:*Ron Howard Narrator voice* He didn't. Yes, nailed it - BA through LHR. I will dig around for other options, thanks!
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After two glorious months not going anywhere, travel kicks off again today. IAD>LHR>GOT then back again on Friday. The good news is BA finally joined TSA Pre!
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ugh, my Gothenburg trip got pushed back to late November so I'm really not looking forward to it at all now!
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:ugh, my Gothenburg trip got pushed back to late November so I'm really not looking forward to it at all now! What’s the popular stuff in Gothenburg? Also, what’s up with United today? Woke up at 0400 to get to the airport for my flight and already got a notification that it’s delayed by three hours which means my connection is already pre-hosed and I’m not getting to Seattle on time. gently caress everyone at that airline with a rusty loving dildo. I should post the screenshots of the Twitter support rep telling me my best chance was to charm the airport reps into helping me out the last time they hosed me (only a month ago!)
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