West Virginia air travelers will soon get the chance to sign up for a Transportation Security Administration program that allows them to leave on their shoes, belts and light outerwear, and keep laptops in their cases as they pass through TSA airport security checkpoints.
From Nov. 9-13 at Charleston’s Yeager Airport, the TSA will operate a temporary enrollment center for its PreCheck program, an expedited screening option now available at more than 150 airports and involving 12 airlines, including four (Delta, United, American and US Airways) operating at Yeager. The enrollment center will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day in Yeager’s ticketing lobby.
Successful applicants will receive a TSA “Known Traveler Number,” or KTN, which they should enter when booking flight reservations, either online, by phone to an airline reservation center, or with travel agents. The KTN can be entered in participating airlines’ frequent flyer profiles and stored for future bookings.
The program is open to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. TSA charges a nonrefundable $85 application fee, which covers five years of expedited check-in service. The fee can be paid at the time of application by credit card, money order, company check, certified check or cashier’s check. Cash or personal checks will not be accepted.
Citizens born in the United States should bring either a passport, enhanced driver’s license, birth certificate with an official seal or a certified copy of a birth certificate to the enrollment center. Fingerprints will be taken of those applying at the center. Persons who have been convicted of certain criminal offenses may not be eligible to apply. To pre-enroll and schedule an appointment for the program at Yeager, find information about documentation needed by naturalized citizens, or learn about disqualifying criminal offenses, go to www.tsa.gov/tsa-precheck/apply. Walk-in applicants are also welcome, according to the TSA.
Successful applicants will receive their KTNs via U.S. Mail within a few weeks of applying.
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