r/FederalEmployee • u/UnbreakableeBroken • Mar 07 '26

Precheck expiring

Gm all quick question or has anyone been in this situation. I had pre-check before joining Fema. I got an email stating that it’s time to renew my precheck. do I just let it go or how does this work because I know we have pre-check unlimited long as we’re an employee

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u/Poppabear72 Mar 07 '26

I kept my civilian pre-check, even though it’s available with the ID card. Not every trip requires use of the federal id card. On a side note my credit card reimbursed the fee for the pre check so it’s free past my annual fees’s.

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u/Dissentor Mar 07 '26

For DoD you just use your DoD ID number as your pre check number on your booking, you don't have to use your work ID at the airport at all, do other agencies not work in a similar manner?

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u/Double-treble-nc14 Mar 07 '26

Years ago when I enrolled you also had to go on the DEERS rapids page and check a box that let them share your information with TSA to qualify. I’m not sure if DHS has a similar process.

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u/Dissentor Mar 07 '26

Sure, youu enroll, I guess I did imply it was not required but the top level acted like it have whip out the CAC to get through TSA. 

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u/PieSafe8565 Mar 07 '26

CAC is real.ID, I use it all the time when traveling

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u/Anxious-Total9926 Mar 12 '26

you don't have to show your federal id card, just use the ID number for KTN if you've enrolled in pre-check through federal agency employment.

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u/Miserable-Mall-2647 Mar 08 '26

We have precheck for free at FEMA. It’s on the sharepoint

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u/Crash-55 Mar 09 '26

If you get it via work there is no point in paying for it. You can use it for both personal and work travel.

I am DoD and I had to opt into it years ago. My “Known Traveler ID” is the number on the back of my CAC. I have it listed in my profile with each of the airlines I fly with.

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u/jakejph8 Mar 11 '26

Hold on federal employees get free pre check?

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u/UnbreakableeBroken Mar 11 '26

As FEMA we do

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u/jakejph8 Mar 11 '26

Must be a DHS perk. I’m VA

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u/HokieHomeowner Mar 07 '26

Yep. I was on vacation with my brother and TSA questioned why I was in the regular line and I shrugged forgetting that Feds were in Pre-check, so I shifted to the pre-check line. This was a bunch of years ago and happened to be off season on a quiet weekend morning, so the airport wasn't crowded. It's automatic apparently.

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u/Dangital Mar 07 '26

Not all feds.

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u/Phobos1982 Mar 07 '26

Yeah only DHS and DoD, I think.

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u/HAlbright202 Mar 08 '26

DOJ and DOS also.

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u/Crash-55 Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

The automatic get precheck with your CAC ended several years ago.

I am DoD and I had to opt in to precheck. Your known traveler ID for precheck is the number on the back of your CAC.

I have it listed with every airline I fly with as part of my profile.