{"id":437805,"date":"2026-09-16T15:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/437805\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T15:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:14:11","slug":"tsa-allows-non-travelers-to-meet-guests-at-the-gate-tcu-360","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/437805\/","title":{"rendered":"TSA allows non-travelers to meet guests at the gate \u2013 TCU 360"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With TCU Family Weekend coming up and increased travel to Fort Worth, students may be eligible to meet relatives at their gate at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>DFW Airport is now one of 13 airports nationwide allowing select people without plane tickets to pass through security to meet travelers.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time since 2001 that nontravelers or airport employees have been allowed through TSA checkpoints.<\/p>\n<p>The program, called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/precheck\/gateside-tsa-precheck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gateside<\/a>, is open to TSA PreCheck members. TSA PreCheck members must <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.login.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">apply<\/a> one to three days before the flight using their Known Traveler Number.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVisitors are subject to the same screening requirements and limits as ticketed passengers when going through security screening with a Gateside pass,\u201d TSA spokesperson Daniel Velez said in an email. \u201cAdditionally, each participating airport sets limits on the number of passes issued for each day. If an applicant\u2019s information is correct, but they\u2019ve been denied a pass, the airport may have reached its limit for your selected day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Love Field airport is not currently offering Gateside, but the Transportation Security Administration does plan to extend the program.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tcu360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Usa-Map-Labelling-Worksheet-1.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1340043 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Usa-Map-Labelling-Worksheet-1-1200x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\"  \/><\/a>A map shows airports participating in the TSA PreCheck Gateside program. Photo courtesy of Kaylem Raley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With TCU Family Weekend coming up and increased travel to Fort Worth, students may be eligible to meet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-437805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}