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Originally Posted by widgeon13
OK, stupid question. How does one know if they are on the list?
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I think that's part of why this is a big deal. You don't know and you can't find out.
I don't know for sure that I'm on it. I do know that I can't check in online and I can't check in at a kiosk. I fly enough that I'm usually upgraded to first class so it's not like I'm just having bad luck.
A few years ago I thought I'd try taking a commuter jet from the air national guard base a few minutes from my house up to the big airport north of Houston. You'd have thought I was Osama himself. At first they acted like I couldn't get on the plane. And I'm at least a 10th generation American (from Western Europe), very white and very American looking! Finally a security guy pulled me aside, patted me down and then some and let me on the plane.