US travellers on CAL get access to TSA’s fast lane
(CNS): Cayman Airways has been approved as a TSA PreCheck® participating airline by the United States Government’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This means that eligible international and domestic travellers will get through the security screening much faster at all the American airports where CAL currently flies, including Miami, Tampa, New York, Denver and Los Angeles.
TSA PreCheck is an expedited screening program for low-risk travellers at more than 200 US airports. Passengers in the programme are able to skip having to remove shoes, belts, liquids, laptops and light jackets as they access the expedited TSA PreCheck lane.
Travellers who are US citizens, nationals and lawful permanent residents can apply for the PreCheck service starting at $78 for a five-year membership. After new applicants are approved, they receive a unique ‘Known Traveler Number’ (KTN), which, when added to an airline reservation, makes them eligible to use the service at the relevant US airports.
Passengers who are members of other DHS Trusted Traveler Programs, including Global Entry, NEXUS and SENTRI, may also be eligible for TSA PreCheck screening.
Enrolled airline passengers should look for the TSA PreCheck indicator (such as TSAPRECHK, TSA PRE, or TSA Pre✓) on their boarding pass to know if they are eligible for TSA PreCheck screening before their flight.
Visit the TSA website for more details and to enrol.
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So why does CAL print boarding passes with TSA PreCheck on them for flights leaving GCM IF THERE IS NO PRECHECK LINE at GCM??? So they can make a performance of going through liquids and putting them in little ziplock bags? Why would I put them in ziplock bags if I have precheck and precheck members are not subject to the 3-1-1 rule???
There’s nothing quite like reenforcing a character of privilege.
facial biometrics, finger prints, and other information for the FBI plus $78 ?
How about I pay a one time $78.00 fee every 5 years and you just improve your service.
Go to Mexico and just walk into the US. They will put you up in hotel, pay for your food, give you free medical, put your children in school for free, get you a drivers license.
You get first class treatment as an illegal alien, better than any American Veterans, better than anybody who has been laid off from their job, better than anybody who has lost their house due to skyrocketing mortgages.
Skip TSA totally.
Note: While my sarcasm may be noticeable – it is all the truth
I always do TSA precheck (via global entry). How is this new?
Because the airline has to be approved as well? So if you are flying on say American they can stamp your boarding pass Pre check, but until now CAL couldn’t.
Only new if flying KX, they did not have have TSA Pre Check for their passengers before
You clearly don’t fly on Cayman Airways, as they have not been able to grant you pre-check access.
Does CAL still use the gate at MIA that feels like Beirut in the 80s?
yes. Last time i was there, there was no express lane either. Just 200 people in a low ceiling room with a floor that is on a bit of a slope in the 1980s terminal
Yes
its all they deserve and can afford.
Will KX changes terminals in MIA? Current set up in terminal F has no TSA pre line.
Great, well done CAL. Just need a precheck security line in GCM now! Half the people going through security here don’t appear to have ever flown before or don’t think airport security rules apply to them.
It’s not helped by the security staff (of which there are many – why so many?) holding onto the trays until the last possible minute, preventing anyone vaguely organized from preparing in advance.
OMG my biggest pet peeve! Let us have the trays to prep. Don’t they realize every other airport doesn’t ration out the trays the way Cayman does.
Passenger migration status has nothing to do with CAL.
How about getting US Visas for Cayman BOTC Passports processed here. So we don’t have to go to a virtual war zone.
Nothing to do with CAL – go chase the US Department of State to restore a staffed position for the US Consular Office here.
Get your British Citizenship and passport via your BOTC status and you won’t have to go through that!
If you’re a Cuban national don’t bother. They’re excluded from the ESTA program.
Good
Then get Global Entry with your UK passport and you will be all set.
Two words for you. Air ambulance.
You can only enter on a private flight if you have a visa.
Just get regular British Passport; no visa needed.
We really have some grossly uninformed people around here.
Who knows, they may set up official connecting flights next.
AFAIK US Airlines won’t code share with them.
Need to make sure you put your Known Traveler Number “KTN” in your reservation so it shows up on your boarding pass. Has no benefit here in Cayman but will help on boarding in the US.
But not in Cayman.
Quite a coup for CAL.
About time.