Boarding passes tell passengers if they get faster screening

It’s not exactly like winning the lottery, but boarding passes for some frequent fliers on US Airways, Delta and United airlines will now include a symbol that lets them go through screening faster.

The faster screening lines are offered under a program called PreCheck, operated by the Transportation Security Administration.

Frequent fliers with five of the largest airlines are invited to apply for the PreCheck program. If they get selected by the TSA to participate they can go through screening without removing their shoes, belts, jackets or taking laptops and liquid bottles out of carry-on bags.

Here’s how it worked in the past: Passengers who applied for the program would learn when they arrived at the airport if the TSA approved them to use the faster screening checkpoint.

Now, passengers who see a PreCheck logo on their boarding passes know instantly that they have been approved.

The TSA hopes eventually to include the logo on the boarding passes for those lucky approved fliers on Alaska and American airlines.

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