SFPD required 72 hours prior to fly AA

[SandEagle]

http://www.aa.com/i18n/utility/secureFlight.jsp?anchorLocation=DirectURL&title=secureflight

As a result of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) mandate, beginning November 1, all passengers will be required to have Secure Flight Passenger Data (SFPD) in their reservation at least 72 hours prior to departure. This is the next phase in a program that was initiated by the TSA in 2009.
In compliance with this mandate you will be required to provide Secure Flight Passenger Data:

• To purchase any ticket on or after September 15, 2010
• To travel November 1, 2010, or later regardless of purchase date

You will be unable to travel without providing the following information.

• Full Name (first, middle and last name, as it appears on the non-expired government-issued photo ID that you will use when traveling)
• Date of Birth
• Gender
• Redress Number (if applicable)

You will need to provide Secure Flight Passenger Data:

• If it was not provided when you made your reservation
• For reservations made prior to adding SFPD to your AAdvantage account profile
• For all future reservations

By adding Secure Flight Passenger Data to your AAdvantage account profile, we'll add the SFPD automatically when you make reservations through American Airlines† in the future. You can follow the steps below to add SFPD to existing reservations.

by the bolded part, does it mean i can use my driver's license? this sucks now. no more spur-of-the-moment getaways anymore

 

[Corporate Thug]

isn't all that stuff on your drivers license that they check at the gate anyway?

 

[theflyingpig]

lol. Just another round of nonsense meant to keep up the illusion of security. The American government is spending billions to secure one small aspect of its society. What will they do when terrorists detonate a bomb in a movie theater? On buses? In university auditoriums? They will run around in circles like the fools they are. Everyone knows this.

 

[Kaido]

So what if you have a business trip or family event that requires that you hop on an airplane today, or the next day?

 

[Anubis]

So what if you have a business trip or family event that requires that you hop on an airplane today, or the next day?

yea this is gonna be hell for where I work, we routinely find out we have to be somewhere with less then 48 hours notice, hell last time it was less then 24 hours

 

[theflyingpig]

yea this is gonna be hell for where I work, we routinely find out we have to be somewhere with less then 48 hours notice, hell last time it was less then 24 hours

 

[slayer202]

I find it highly unlikely that you need to book flights 3 days in advance. I would think you guys are understanding something incorrectly

 

[mmntech]

Ridiculous. When are you americans going to use the second amendment for what it was actually meant for.

 

[herm0016]

yea this is gonna be hell for where I work, we routinely find out we have to be somewhere with less then 48 hours notice, hell last time it was less then 24 hours

same here.

 

[Mike Gayner]

It must be awesome living in such a "free" country.

 

[theflyingpig]

Ridiculous. When are you americans going to use the second amendment for what it was actually meant for.

The liberals won't stand for it. In fact, they work against it. Everyone knows this.

 

[Perknose]

...does it mean i can use my driver's license?

I dunno, was your particular driver's license issued by a government agency, or did you go the crayon-on-cardboard libertarian route?

 

[GoodRevrnd]

While this is pretty fucking stupid, it says right in the announcement you can have SFPD in your AA profile and if it's already there then this 72 hour thing doesn't really apply to you.

These ever increasing restrictions on our freedom of movement are irritating. How long until we have checkpoints at state lines?

 

[coxmaster]

IIRC "Secure Flight" (this program..) only applied to those of you who wish to print boarding passes at home.

If you plane to check in at the airport and get your boarding pass there the 72 hour rule doesnt apply.

EDIT:
Secure Flight applies, or will apply to, all airlines in the US. Not just AA

 

[slayer202]

something I wondered last time I took a flight. Can't you get through security with one boarding pass, and then just swap with someone once you are through? all they do is look at your pass when you're boarding. doesn't seem very secure

 

[Firsttime]

I don't fly for business, but I used to fly back and forth from my parents to visit and stuff. In the last few years though it seems as though want to make flying as inconvenient as possible. The no bags after last Christmas was probably the dumbest. I drive now, quite frankly I find the 20 hour drive more enjoyable then flying.

 

[Raduque]

These ever increasing restrictions on our freedom of movement are irritating. How long until we have checkpoints at state lines?

Welcome to the New America - Where the terrorists have already won.

 

[mugs]

I think this is a misunderstanding. I looked around on the TSA website and didn't see anything that would indicate that reservations have to be made by 72 hours before the flight. If that were the case, there would definitely be a lot of people complaining. It would be in their FAQ, but it's not.

So I googled "Secure flight 72 hours" and found this on Continental's site:

When is Secure Flight information sent to the TSA?

Secure Flight data is sent to the TSA 72 hours prior to scheduled flight departure. For Secure Flight information that is added or changed within 72 hours, data is updated and sent immediately. This includes data that is collected for reservations made less than 72 hours prior to departure.

http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/content/travel/airport/id/secure.aspx

So clearly you can make a last-minute reservation, American Airlines just isn't disseminating the information clearly.

It must be awesome living in such a "free" country.

It is awesome. I guess in New Zealand you don't have to identify yourself when you fly? So there is some benefit to living in an insignificant country that the rest of the world doesn't care about.

 

[Mike Gayner]

It is awesome. I guess in New Zealand you don't have to identify yourself when you fly? So there is some benefit to living in an insignificant country that the rest of the world doesn't care about.

You just show your drivers license on the way to board the plane.

BTW WTF do I care whether you "care" about me? Unlike Americans, New Zealanders don't have a vanity obsession.

 

[Pardus]

yet another reason to drive than fly.

 

[mugs]

You just show your drivers license on the way to board the plane.

And we just have to provide three pieces of information that are on our driver's license ahead of time. Yeah, we're so oppressed.

BTW WTF do I care whether you "care" about me? Unlike Americans, New Zealanders don't have a vanity obsession.

Your irrational hatred of the United States has been evident from your posts for a long time. I wonder sometimes why you care so much about us.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

...and security theater continues