Virgin Atlantic is first UK airline to offer TSA Precheck

VIRGIN ATLANTIC HAS BECOME THE FIRST UK CARRIER to participate in the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA Precheck programme, allowing eligible passengers to access an accelerated screening process when departing US airports.

The carrier says: “Qualifying customers who enter a valid Known Traveller Number (KTN) or Customs and Border Protection (CBP)-issued PASSID in their Virgin Atlantic reservations and are pre-approved, will then see the TSA Precheck indicator on their mobile or printed boarding passes. Eligible customers will then be led to TSA Precheck lanes within an airport’s security area to proceed through an accelerated screening process.”

The expedited system eliminates the need for travellers to remove shoes, light jackets or belts, with laptops and “compliant liquids” also able to remain in hand luggage. To be eligible, passengers must be a member of TSA Precheck, Global Entry, Nexus, Sentri or the US Armed Forces. virginatlantic.com, tsa.gov