So I'm at a place now where I'm starting to travel more with the senior guys to meetings (the books need to get there somehow). They are pro-travelers: Tumi bags, mobile travel apps, premier status on various airlines, Global Entry / TSA Pre-check etc. I've picked up some tips to make it easier.
Does any one have good advice on how to improve work related travel? Specifically minimizing time to get through airport security? I have a T-Pass Tumi bag, will get Nexus / Global Entry / TSA Pre-Check, but don't know much about airline status and priority (maybe because I'm Canadian and I don't think we take it as seriously as you guys do - Air Canada, WestJet and Porter are pretty straight forward).
The reason I'm interested is because the senior guys often have a meeting end at 3 pm and a flight that leaves at 4 pm. They burn through security and I'm stuck looking like some idiot kid who lost his parents on vaca and it stresses me out because I often cut it pretty f'n close.
I was also wondering if anyone had any advice for preferred airlines / airports, how to get status, how you pick which airlines you try to build status on, comments on service reliability / quality etc.
For instance, do any of you use any of the following credit cards to build status?
- United MileagePlus Club Credit Card - Premier Access Travel Services: priority check-in, security screening (where available), boarding and baggage handling privileges
- Delta Reserve Credit Card from Amex - 15k MQM with qualifying annual spend, priority boarding
I know status programs start based on calendar years, so trying to plan ahead so next year my travel isn't so shitty. I'm desperately trying to make my travel suck less.
EDIT: (Apologies for stupid question) What's the difference between TSA-Precheck (Trusted Traveler) and Priority Security from airlines?
SB's for good advice or commentary.