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Information for Travel Agents

Links to helpful information, tips, brochures and videos

As a Travel Agent you play an important role in supporting TSA’s mission to keep the traveling public safe by ensuring that passengers show up to airports prepared for security. To help you provide accurate and timely information to your clients, this page includes helpful tips and links to the most frequently requested information by travelers.

An exciting new program from travelers is TSA Pre✓™ . TSA Pre✓™ is an expedited screening initiative that is expanding to airports across the country. Implementing a key component of the agency’s intelligence-driven, risk-based approach to security, TSA Pre✓™ enhances aviation security by placing more focus on pre-screening individuals who volunteer to participate to expedite the travel experience.

TSA is partnering with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as well as U.S. air carriers as part of this initiative. Certain frequent travelers from Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, US Airways and certain members of CBP's Trusted Traveler programs, including Global Entry, SENTRI, and NEXUS who are U.S. citizens are eligible to participate. In addition, passengers 12 and younger are allowed through TSA Pre✓™ lanes with eligible passengers.

TSA Pre✓™ is currently available for eligible passengers flying on participating airlines. To see which airports are participating, please click on the map below. For a listing of airports and terminals, please use the map below or download the TSA Pre✓™ location chart. Please follow this link (How it works link) to see how TSA Pre✓™ works. (pdf, 120kb)

Latest revision: 27 September 2012