**Get FREE TSA PreCheck or Global Entry with These Credit Cards or Rewards Programs
Calling all frequent flyers ✈
We’ve recently gushed about how much we LOVE TSA Pre✓, but did you know you can score FREE TSA Pre✓or Global Entry with certain credit cards and rewards programs? That’s right! You can either use your eligible credit card to pay the application fee or use rewards points towards the program.
Here’s a list of credit cards and memberships that will get you a deal on these convenient travel programs:
1. Bank of America Premium Rewards credit card
TSA Pre✓® and/or Global Entry reimbursement details: You are entitled to one statement credit per account every four years, in connection with either the TSA Pre✓® ($85) or Global Entry ($100) program. To qualify, you must use your Premium Rewards credit card to pay the application fee.
2. Capital One Venture Card
TSA Pre✓® and/or Global Entry reimbursement details: Receive up to $100 credit on Global Entry or TSA Pre✓® and the application fee is reimbursed when you use your Venture Card. To receive a statement credit, you must use your Venture card to either complete the Global Entry application and pay the $100 application fee, or complete the TSA Pre✓® application and pay the $85 application fee.
3. Select American Express Credit Cards
Cards eligible: American Express Gold Corporate Card Members, Consumer Platinum Card® Members, Corporate Platinum Card Members, Business Platinum Card Members, Consumer Centurion® Members, Corporate Centurion® Members, and Business Centurion® Members.
TSA Pre✓® and/or Global Entry reimbursement details: Receive one Global Entry statement credit ($100) or one TSA Pre✓® statement credit ($85) every 4 years for an application fee charged to an eligible American Express Card.
4. Chase Sapphire Reserve
TSA Pre✓® and/or Global Entry reimbursement details: A statement credit will be processed after the Global Entry program application fee OR TSA Pre✓® application fee (whichever program is applied for first) is charged to your Chase Sapphire Reserve card.
5. Citi / AAdvantage Executive World Elite MasterCard
TSA Pre✓® and/or Global Entry reimbursement details: Receive a statement credit, up to $100 every 5 years, as reimbursement for your application fee for Global Entry or TSA Pre✓®.
6. Citi Prestige Card
TSA Pre✓® and/or Global Entry reimbursement details: Your Citi Prestige card is eligible for one application fee credit every 5 years for either the Global Entry or the TSA Pre✓® program. The application fee must be charged to your Citi Prestige card to qualify for this credit.
7. Diners Club Carte Blanche Corporate Card
TSA Pre✓® and/or Global Entry reimbursement details: You will receive a statement credit of up to $100 every 5 years as reimbursement for your application fee for Global Entry or TSA Pre✓® when you charge the application fee (of at least $85) to your Carte Blanche card.
8. Expedia + Voyager Card from Citi
TSA Pre✓® and/or Global Entry reimbursement details: You will receive up to $100 in statement credits towards travel incidentals including airline incidental fees on 10 qualifying airlines and 2 wireless hotspot providers and application fees for either the Global Entry or TSA Pre✓® programs.
9. IHG Rewards Club
TSA Pre✓® and/or Global Entry rewards redemption details: Receive a statement credit of up to $100 every 4 years as reimbursement for the Global Entry program application fee OR TSA Pre✓® application fee (whichever program is applied for first) when charged to your IHG® Rewards Club Credit Card.
10. Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant
TSA Pre✓® and/or Global Entry rewards redemption details: Receive either a $100 statement credit for Global Entry or an $85 credit for TSA Pre✓® depending on whichever application fee is charged to your Card first. Only one credit will be given in a four year period for Global Entry or in a 4.5 year period for TSA Pre✓®.
11. MasterCard Black Card
Global Entry* reimbursement details: Luxury Card members receive a one hundred dollar ($100) automatic statement credit for the cost of the Global Entry Application Fee. *Note that Global Entry includes TSA Pre✓® benefits.
12. MasterCard Gold Card
Global Entry* reimbursement details: Luxury Card members receive a one hundred dollar ($100) automatic statement credit for the cost of the Global Entry Application Fee. *Note that Global Entry includes TSA Pre✓® benefits.
13. Orbitz Rewards
TSA Pre✓® rewards redemption details: Platinum members are eligible to receive one unique authorization code every five years for the application fee for TSA Pre✓®. The authorization code applies to the TSA Pre✓® program only.
14. Radisson Rewards
TSA Pre✓® rewards redemption details: Radisson Rewards members can redeem 65,000 points to receive an authorization code to cover the cost of a TSA Pre✓® application fee for one applicant.
15. SunTrust Travel Rewards Mastercard
TSA Pre✓® and/or Global Entry reimbursement details: SunTrust Travel Rewards cardholders are eligible to receive one statement credit per account, every five years up to $100, for either the Global Entry or the TSA Pre✓® application fee. Cardholders must charge the application fee of at least $85 to their SunTrust Travel Rewards Card to be eligible for the statement credit.
16. United Explorer Card
TSA Pre✓® and/or Global Entry reimbursement details: To be eligible for this statement credit you must use your UnitedSM Explorer Card to either complete the Global Entry application and pay the $100 application fee, or complete the TSA Pre✓® application and pay the $85 application fee. Statement credit will be processed after the Global Entry program application fee OR TSA Pre✓® application fee (whichever program is applied for first) is charged to your United Explorer Card.
17. United MileagePlus
TSA Pre✓® rewards redemption details: Sign in with your MileagePlus account number, submit your purchase of the TSA Pre✓® program, and miles will automatically be deducted from your account. Bring the payment code to your scheduled appointment as it will be required as your proof of payment for the $85 application fee.
18. US Bank Altitude Reserve Visa Infinite Card
TSA Pre✓® and/or Global Entry reimbursement details: Cardmembers may receive one statement credit ($85 application fee for TSA Pre✓® or $100 application fee for Global Entry) when the application fee for either program is charged to an eligible account.
19. US Bank FlexPerks Gold American Express Card
TSA Pre✓® and/or Global Entry reimbursement details: To receive the statement credit, Cardmembers must complete either a Global Entry or TSA Pre✓® application, and charge the application fee to an eligible FlexPerks Gold Card. Cardmembers are eligible to receive one statement credit ($85 for TSA Pre✓® or $100 for Global Entry) when the application fee for either program is charged to an eligible Card account.
Amazon credit card doesn’t charge the exchange rate, we figured that out after paying $99 a year for I don’t know how long with the sapphire card.
I guess I am not understanding the advantage of the TSA Pre✓. Whenever we are at the airport checking in for international flights we have never had to wait longer than if we had it.
Agreed, I fly a lot and often find that the pre-check line gets longer than the regular line!
It could depend on where you live. We fly out of Orlando International Airport. The lines tend to be very long so TSA Pre✓ saves us a ton of time in security lines!
Agree with AE. You also don’t have to remove your shoes in pre-check. Kind of a nice perk!!
My goodness, MCO is insane no matter what time of year or time of day I fly out of there!! Why is it so hectic?
That’s good to know about the Amazon card…There’s no annual fee with the Amazon card?
Agreed! It saves 30 minutes + waiting in lines sometimes.
Can someone outline a simple difference between the programs? Should we do both? Thanks in advance.
If you go on Facebook there are travel hacking groups that explain them in detail.
Global Entry includes TSA Precheck
In a nut shell, Global Entry is used for international travel. TSA Precheck is for stateside travel.
What this post doesn’t say is many of these cards have annual fees. For instance, the AMEX platinum has a $450 annual fee for the first cardholder on the account an an additional fee for the second. Military get that fee waived, but everyone else has to pay. : )
$450!! 😲
I have a $450 fee with Amex Delta but that fee provides me with TSA precheck, extended warranty on expensive purchases, car rental insurance, 2 free airline tickets that includes first class, plus 2 free companion tickets. Once a year, on my anniversary I get another free round trip ticket. I also accumulate points with purchases and of course Amex perks are nice. I get presales on all concerts with a private line to order them, and tons of offers for cash back. Just today I bought Disney hotel tickets. I spent $400 for two nights and I got back $75. I feel the $450 annual fee is paid back to me just with the anniv ticket.
Do you have the name of any good Facebook travel hacking groups?
I just took advantage of this deal last month. It was an easy process and already received my credit on my statement. The BEST part? I was traveling with a 1 and 7 year old last weekend and they were automatically upgraded to TSA pre check also!! And the regular line was LOOOOONNNNGGG! I highly recommend if you travel with small children.
Btw….@Hip2save, can you do a post about the perks of credit cards and which have the best ones???
Thanks for the suggestion! I passed it along. 🙂
Thats where we are at not with our “security” measures ??!! If you have the right credit card ??!! Ugh, shameful, im sure 911 survivors are thrilled
But they do an interview with you ahead of time and meet with you and check your criminal history, so from what I got this is more secure.
No! I haven’t tried the card in another country yet, but it says no exchange rate.
We’ve always used the sapphire card which has good perks but it’s $99 a year.
Woops, didn’t mean to post that here😱