Codeshare and TSA Pre

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There's a possibility that you'd get TSA Pre benefits if you booked the ticket with a codeshare partner that uses TSA Pre and checked in via them. This has other complications, like seat reservation issues (although some airlines will let you reserve seats on codeshare flights now).

If you bought the ticket directly from British Airways, you don't have a PNR code from American to use their check-in system, so that won't work.

Personally, I've run into enough issues with codeshare bookings that I would just book with BA directly and show up at Lindbergh Airport a few minutes earlier than you'd prefer, to deal with the extra time to clear security.

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When in the airport, which counter are you going to check in at and get your ticket from - BA or AA? If BA, then you are not getting TSA Pre. If AA, then you can ask them.

But, in reality it's much simpler - when you go thru TSA, just show them your Global Entry card and they will stamp your ticket with red EXPEDITED stamp which essentially will give you the TSA Pre privileges. I've done it successfully a few times in similar situations (flying BA out of Boston was one).

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