Frontier Jumpseat?

[atpcliff]

Hi!

TSA shouldn't be taking away your stuff-this was fixed (supposedly) on Day 1 of the liquids ban.

JS is NOT working, but you are JS TO and FROM work, so you need your liquids.

If TSA tried to take them from me, I would explain. If they're insistant, give them up, and get a badge number and supervisor's info to contact them later-they aren't allowed to take your stuff.

I always go straight through security (unless I'm checking a bag). GRB, PNS and either LRD or ELP (and the AA terminal of DFW) require you to get a gate pass at the counter. All of the TSA people at these airports claim it's a "nationwide" rule. Obviously not, since the other 20/30 airports I JS at don't require it.

Oh, and I HAVE been ******* either in GRB or on a paid ticket. Some gate agents will remove it, others won't. It's very random (ex: I had a NWA gate guy say they can't remove the *****, and then the next time a different guy removed it without me even asking him).

cliff
ABQ

 

[KingNothing]

I've been using Frontier for a long time jumpseating and never has been a problem. Just keep your boarding pass/paperwork tucked away and list at the gate like you came in from a connecting flight. All F9 captains laugh at it and could care less

 

[skydiverdriver2]

Just a note, Frontier uses a CASS system that uses two letter codes. If you fly for a airline that has a 3-letter code it doesn't work. I know its not important to everyone, but it is to some of us. Viva Denver!

All airlines use a two letter code for CASS. Perhaps you are confusing it with the three letter code that airlines use to file flight plans with ATC. But, that is a completely different animal. I doubt many gate agents would even know what that was.

The code I was referring to in my earlier post was the four letter code they put on your boarding pass, telling the TSA that you should get special screening. I believe that is a secret and should not be put on a public message board.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

[Way2Broke]

Sorry but your wrong. CASS recognizes 2 and 3 letter airline codes. My airline only has a 3 letter code and it works with some but not all CASS systems. For example, NWA's system recognizes three letter CASS code and my studly picture pops right up, with US Airways, no luck. United take the three letter code, Jet Blue takes it, Frontier does not. It all depends on which software the airline is using to feed it's CASS system. So when the system is not compatible I must sit in the back. Which is where I end up 99 percent of the time anyways.

All airlines use a two letter code for CASS. Perhaps you are confusing it with the three letter code that airlines use to file flight plans with ATC. But, that is a completely different animal. I doubt many gate agents would even know what that was.

The code I was referring to in my earlier post was the four letter code they put on your boarding pass, telling the TSA that you should get special screening. I believe that is a secret and should not be put on a public message board.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

W2Broke's 3-letter CASS code is "JUS".

There are 5 airlines, total, I believe, that have a 3 letter code.

NWA's CASS system displays the airlines in a list.

AWA's, for example, has a data-entry box for only 2 letters, so USA Jet pilots (and the other 4 with a 3-letter code) can't be IDd in CASS with the AWA software.

cliff
ABQ

 

[Lazy8]

Our JS committee says they have it fixed as of today with some TSA directive to the Frontier security people. It should be communicated to the gate agents today too.

Good luck.

Apparently this problem isn't completely resolved yet. I jumpseated in uniform on Frontier from MEM to DEN on 10/18 and I was selected for re-screening. A commuting flight attendant, also in uniform, was re-screened too. I had even listed myself the day before. The gate agent said there was nothing she could do about it. Even the TSA was baffled that we had to be re-screened.

 

[Lazy8]

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[terryhfly]

it is fixed. The agents got rememo'd today.

 

[Way2Broke]

Apparently this problem isn't completely resolved yet. I jumpseated in uniform on Frontier from MEM to DEN on 10/18 and I was selected for re-screening. A commuting flight attendant, also in uniform, was re-screened too. I had even listed myself the day before. The gate agent said there was nothing she could do about it. Even the TSA was baffled that we had to be re-screened.

But.... your on the skinny white boy list.

 

[F9FORme]

Just curious, but why are you showing the TSA your boarding pass with the SSSS on it anyway? Are they requiring it to get through the security checkpoint? I can't remember the last time I needed a boarding pass to get through security while in uniform.

You won't board a F9 plane with the SSSS on your boarding pass or the agent gets fired. Our jumpseat guys did get some written tsa letter so this doesn't happen for the CASS club, it still does apply to non cass