TSA pre-check program expands to Houston and Los Angeles

HOUSTON, Texas – United Airlines announced the launch today of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Pre✓™ program at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Terminal C S

HOUSTON, Texas – United Airlines announced the launch today of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Pre✓™ program at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Terminal C South, and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Terminal 7. TSA Pre✓™ is a new, risk-based, pre-screening initiative that allows customers to volunteer information about themselves that may make them eligible to expedite their screening experience. Eligible United customers traveling through Terminal C at IAH and Terminal 7 at LAX are allowed to leave on their shoes, light outerwear and belts and to keep their laptops and 3-1-1 compliant liquids and gels in their carry-ons.

“We are excited that the TSA is expanding the PreCheck process to two more United hubs,” says United’s Senior Vice President of Network Operations and United Express Alex Marren. “PreCheck makes our customers’ overall experience easier, and we appreciate TSA’s efforts to make the screening process more efficient.”

The TSA manages and operates this program and is working with United and with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify possible participants. Eligible United MileagePlus members are being invited to participate in the initial phase. Non-members may qualify by becoming eligible members of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Trusted Traveler programs. For customers who choose to participate, the TSA will determine eligibility for expedited screening prior to each flight and will embed this information in the barcode of eligible customers’ boarding passes. TSA agents will scan the boarding pass and will direct eligible customers to the assigned pre-screening lane. The TSA will always incorporate random and unpredictable security measures, so no customers are guaranteed expedited screening.

MileagePlus members participating in this program may be eligible for expedited security screening at Chicago O’Hare, Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Reagan Washington National, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Portland, Ore., and Seattle, in addition to Houston and Los Angeles. United customers can look forward to TSA Pre✓™ launching at additional airports throughout 2012. For more information on TSA Pre✓™, visit tsa.gov or united.com/tsaprescreening.

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