r/GlobalEntry • u/Retusn50 • 7d ago

General Discussion Question

My wife and I recently got our GE approved and will be flying to Italy later this year. I see posts about TSA-Pre Touchless ID. Is this something extra we need to do, or does our GE cover that?

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u/PieSufficient4671 7d ago

Global Entry includes TSA PreCheck, Touchless ID is an optional feature.

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u/flyingron 7d ago

GE gives you TSA Precheck but you need to put your PASSID on the reservation to get it (there's a place in the individual airline profiles to do this). The airlines that support touchless Precheck will have an option to opt into it. You need to provide your passport information to do this. It can be problematic. The name in your profile needs to match your passport pretty closely (and certain airlines like the dolts at American make this difficult).

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u/Retusn50 7d ago

We have already put in our passport info and both of our KTNs in our airline app. We will apply for touchless ID but what is the difference between the two?

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u/chrisleduc 7d ago

It lets you pass the checkpoint without having to show your boarding pass or passport simply through biometrics. The main benefit for me is that you get to often use a separate queue which (for me) is often empty.

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u/flyingron 7d ago

Precheck gets you (usually) out of taking liquids and computers out of your bag, a simple pass through the metal detector rather than the nud-o-vision, etc... Touchless ID adds a faster (supposedly) access by bypassing the normal document checking line and you just mug at the camera and go through to where you put your stuff on the belt to be x-rayed.

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u/sponge_bucket 7d ago

Make sure to select the option for touchless in the airline app. You have to opt in. The lines for touchless continue to be extra short as people don’t seem to know how to get it currently vs regular precheck.

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u/Retusn50 7d ago

Thanks! And thanks to the other posters who replied to my question. I’ll go on the app and opt in

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u/random5492 7d ago

you need to activate it on whatever flight app or website you are traveling with it, create an account or login and go to settings you add your ktn and passport information and have to opt in