Terminal 2 TSA Precheck Open in Early Morning?? (airport, safe)

[elchevere]

Greetings:

I have an early morning flight tomorrow and might be at SAN as early as 5:30-5:45AM....my experience with Terminal 2 is that the TSA precheck directly next to American Airlines is closed as many times as it is open, regardless of time of day due to chronic understaffing (something I do not experience at almost every other airport I fly through). I find I have had far more success going to the other entrance at the far end of Terminal 2 by Delta.

Has anybody had experience going through this other entrance at Terminal 2 as early as 5:30 - 5:45AM and was Precheck open at that time??...I could use the extra half hour of beauty rest if I know there is a good probability TSA will actually have enough staff to support the opening of the precheck lanes at that time.

Thanks

[sprez33]

I just did this last week for a 6:30AM flight. Arrived at SAN at 5:30 and went through the TSA Pre-Check line at the American terminal. There were two or three agents working and one was focused exclusively on Pre-Check passengers. Got through in a couple of minutes.

I usually travel in the mid afternoon when there's no one working the Pre Check line for the reasons you point out.

Safe travels!

[elchevere]

Thanks....hoping for same results.

[thepinksquid]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I've gone through that early before.

[NYSD1995]

It's open... And it's fan-tastic

[elchevere]

Yeah, they were open and got through in a minute. Thanks.