12-24-2023
08:07 PM
12-24-2023
08:07 PM
I have been on the phone with multiple agents today, to include speaking to two agents here at the airport. What a pain.
TSA’s official stance is any minor 17 and younger can go through TSA pre-check with their parent PROVIDING the airline puts the pre-check on the minors ticket. They do not care if it’s on one reservation, two reservations. backwards reservations, upside down reservations, whatever. The only policy they have is that the airline confirms the minor is in fact related to the TSA approved parent/guardian.
Southwest’s policy and/or the way they have programmed the computers ONLY allows Southwest to put the pre-check on minors traveling under the same reservation number… and if your minor is the companion then per Southwest policy and/or computer system they will be assigned a separate reservation number… so you are correct, if your minor is your companion, then your minor will never receive the TSA pre-check based upon the way Southwest has structured it’s policy and computer system.
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