Renew TSA PreCheck® Online: Keep Your Priority Access

Your TSA PreCheck membership officially expires exactly five years from your original date of approval, not from the date you submitted your application.

You can easily check your exact expiration date at any time by looking up your Known Traveler Numberdirectly on the official TSA website or through your authorized enrollment provider's portal. It’s crucial to monitor this date so you don’t lose your expedited screening privileges.

The official government fee to renew your TSA PreCheck membership online is typically $70, which covers another full five-year period.

However, if your biometrics have expired and you are required to renew in person at a physical enrollment center, the fee increases slightly to $78. If you use independent, third-party preparation services to assist with your renewal paperwork, an additional processing fee is charged on top of the government cost.

For the vast majority of digital online renewals, you only need to provide your existing Known Traveler Number (KTN), your exact date of birth, and your legal last name to access your profile. However, if the system requires you to renew your membership in person due to expired biometrics or a legal name change, you must bring original, unexpired proof of identity and U.S. citizenship, such as a valid United States passport book.

You can officially begin the TSA PreCheck renewal process up to six months before your current membership is set to expire. Renewing your membership early is highly recommended, as it ensures there is no gap in your expedited screening benefits.

You also don’t lose any time by renewing early. Your new five-year membership period will automatically begin on the exact day your old membership concludes.

Yes. If your membership has expired, there is a 1-year grace period during which you can renew online and reactivate your profile without starting over.

You can update a legal name change during renewal, but it requires pre-approval. To update your name online, you must submit legal documentation to the TSA via email or fax and wait up to 45 days for processing before you renew.

If you need a faster turnaround, we recommend scheduling an in-person appointment and providing a certified “bridge” document, where your name change can be updated more quickly.

Typically, this is caused by a data discrepancy. Your exact legal name, date of birth, and active KTN in your airline's frequent flyer profile must match your updated TSA records exactly.

Yes, as long as you successfully renew your TSA PreCheck membership, you’ll permanently retain your original Known Traveler Number (KTN). This means you will not need to update the KTN stored in your frequent flyer profiles.

However, if you allow the membership to completely expire without submitting a renewal, your existing KTN will become inactive in the system and will no longer grant you access to expedited airport security screening lanes.

Yes, travelers retain their original Known Traveler Number (KTN) if the TSA PreCheck membership is successfully renewed. This allows the same KTN to continue being used in airline reservations, maintaining access to TSA PreCheck lanes.

If the membership expires without renewal, the KTN becomes inactive and will no longer provide expedited screening benefits. If you’re missing TSA PreCheck indicators on boarding passes, check that your KTN is correctly added your airline profile and that the renewal has fully processed.

Yes, the vast majority of existing TSA PreCheck members are fully eligible to renew their five-year memberships entirely online.

The process is designed to be easy to do. You simply fill out the brief digital renewal form, submit the required renewal fee via credit card, and wait for email confirmation. This means it’s not necessary to schedule or attend another in-person enrollment appointment.