Has Anyone Paid to be TSA PRECHECK Approved and is it worth it?

For the most part, we usually get TSA PRE Check selected randomly. Perhaps we fly often. So, I have not purchased it. At some point I might consider it but not right now. I know that some airports don't honor it.

My wife got selected for the random checks on both sides of the last RT we took -- I'm still making fun of her.

(Of course she reminds me of the last time we flew foreign I got secondaried at every check )

Getting random checks reminds me of the first time I actually used TSA pre-check. I got randomly selected... the first time! All I could keep saying is "why did I even bother doing this?". But, random checks are part of the deal. I didn't get too boisterous with security.

We got Global Entry which includes TSA Pre-Check. It’s been well worth it for us, but we travel a lot for our jobs in addition to traveling for fun. I never got it once before signing up; Amy got it random a couple of times.

Wasn't that nice! I still think I have the worst luck... Never pre-selected for pre-check or get any breaks.

For some reason on my last roundtrip between San Antonio and Seattle, I (as well as my family) ended up as TSA Precheck Approved (None of us have ever applied). I started thinking that it seems like a good program if you fly much, but since I only fly about once every 5 years, it probably wouldn't be worth it.

When I got back from vacation, my employer had set it up to where I just needed to enter my information online and was automatically registered.

There are a number of people randomly selected for pre-check regardless of whether they have applied. When I was flying once or twice a week from 2010-2015 to and from the midwest, I was pre-check approved about 75% of the time but never knew till I checked in if I made it or not. I had assumed back then it was because of the frequency I was flying.

It doesn't cost anything to sign up online at Identogo but when you go to the facility, it is $85.

How did you end up being pre-check when you haven't gone through pre-check? That has never happened to us, but again, we do not fly enough.

Thanks Debbie

We have it and it is well worth it . We never had to make any appointments. We applied at an airport between flights.