[Cedwards38]

Has anyone gone through this process? How difficult was the process? Do you think it's worth it for flying from Orlando International or Sanford Airport?
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[villagetinker]

Sanford no it is a much smaller airport, Orlando up to the recent news articles I would have said no, as the longest wait I had experienced was well under 30 minutes. Will see on the next trip............
I wish TSA would wake up and allow you to have the finger prints and photo taken at a local police station. It is annoying that you need to go to the airport to complete the process.

[DonH57]

Never applied or payed for this service. We used to fly often and got the precheck 95% of the time anyway. The only hassles I've really had when going thru airport security was because I'd get behind someone who couldn't follow the simple do's and don'ts the TSA post on large signs ahead of the lines. I've only been felt up twice and feel I got my money's worth from the gov't.

[VillagerFrog58]

We applied for it last year. It was $85 and we had to apply on-line to get an appointment for our background interview. We fly about 4 times per year. We just flew this past Saturday through the Orlando airport. The regular line was about 30 minutes. The pre-check line took 5 minutes to get through. You don't have to take off your shoes or take anything out of your bags. We are glad we did it. I hear that a lot of folks are signing up for an interview to get pre-check. Not sure how that will affect the lines down the road.

[bimmertl]

Originally Posted by Cedwards38

Has anyone gone through this process? How difficult was the process? Do you think it's worth it for flying from Orlando International or Sanford Airport?
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Went through the process three weeks ago. First thing is to register on line. Registered for two people. Went to site on Friday and registered. Got dates for following week at Orlando airport office.

Site automatically gives you first available time on date requested. So got 9 AM appointment for following Wednesday. Then started another application for spouse. Site automatically gave time for Thursday PM. No way to chose the times together on site. Called number. First person couldn't help. Fooled around some more on site. Still couldn't get times and dates together. Called again, this person was able to get two times together on following Thursday. So had a 9:40 and 9:50 appointments. Wait time on phone call was not that long.

Went to airport. Office is just outside baggage claim area #30. Two people work there. Seating for only 6 in office. Once you have registered all info in system. Brought passport or DL ok. They verify all info, take finger prints on scanner. Pay the $85. Takes 10 minutes max if you are on time.

Following Tuesday got email verifying we had qualified for program and providing Know Traveler Numbers.

So in less than a week had the entire process completed. A few glitches in system but overall it went well. Good for 5 years and worth the effort.

[784caroline]

WE did the Global ID it last month ($100) . Had the interview at Sanford Airport. We did it because we did not want the hassle of taking our shoes off and always getting scanned because of 2 knee replacements.

Be forwarded that what ever ID you bring (ie Drivers license) the name MUST be identical to what is on the Passport...ie no middle initial if your full middle name is on the passport. Also on the application, Women must include madien and previous married names even if you had not used them in more than 50 years or else you approval will be delayed.

[UpNorth]

Never applied for it, paid for it, or been fingerprinted, but we seem to get TSA/Precheck every time, as long as we have our names spelled exactly on our boarding ticket.

[outahere]

I think I heard, or read, that the TSA is no longer randomly selecting people for pre-check when you check in for your flight. We haven't flown in a couple of years, but did get randomly selected a few times when we were flying quite a bit. If we were going to be flying as much as we used to, I would gladly pay the $85 and go through the process.

[tkret]

Joined the program over two years ago and, being a retired airline employee, use it frequently. Due to the press coverage that the security lines have received, the TSA states that "15,000 people A DAY are signing up for the program now". Soon, both lines will be as long; or short depending upon your view of things.
By the way, we also enrolled in Global Entry and when we returned from Italy recently our time spent in the Immigration area was 7 minutes. The entire cost for both programs is $100 for 5 years.

[TomPerry]

We use to get Precheck about 50% of the time. They give it to see how quick and easy it is is you will pay for it. We signed up last week in Providence, RI and it took only 10-15 each for the process. Worth it I think. A couple of weeks ago we went through Orlando w/o Precheck and the line was a mile long. What a hassle without Precheck.

[NotGolfer]

I wasn't aware of the program. That said, our country should "experience" airplane travel in Israel. It takes 3 hrs from curb-side to boarding area. EVERYONE is profiled and the luggage and carryons are all x-rayed. Random checks of luggage happen throughout this experience. Noone complained the entire time!! They have 'state of the art' security for sure.

This all said...I flew about 2 1/2 mo. ago out of OIA and it seemed to be seamless. This was right after Belgium too.

[Terri8352]

Tom, did you make an appointment in Providence, RI for the pre check? Also, is it $85 per person?

[trueorange]

We got TSA pre check 2 years ago. It was well worth it. We signed up for it at the Pittsburgh airport (I think we were the only 2 people there) and it has been well worth it to not have to take off our shoes, remove the laptop, take out the liquids bag, etc. Yes, sometimes you can be randomly assigned pre check but you can't count on it. I think pre check is definitely worth it when flying out of Orlando since there are a lot of what I call amateur flyers going through the airport there--families coming and going from theme park vacations.

[charmed59]

We got it a couple of years ago with our global entry. It's absolutely great. I can't say I've used it at MCO, but everywhere else it saves a ton of time.

[Markam]

We went thru the Global Entry application process a few months ago and combined the interview with other business in Sanford. (You get TSA recheck automatically wth GE). All went smoothly and we received our 'Known Traveller Number' within a couple of days.

GE with Precheck costs $100 for 5 years.

Remember to add this 'Known Traveller Number' to all of your airline accounts.

Recently came back into the country thru Newark and the Global Entry process allowed very fast clearance thru Customs and security checks. Well worth the cost - although I imagine the lines will grow once more people enroll.