TSA PreCheck expires every five years. Miss the renewal window and you're back in the long line — shoes off, laptop out, scrambling at the gate. Set a reminder you control, six months ahead, so it never sneaks up on you.
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Five-year intervals fall outside anyone's working memory. The official emails don't always land where you'll see them.
membership validity — long enough that the renewal date is easy to forget by year three
TSA membership terms
to renew on time. Late or re-applying from scratch costs more and adds processing time
Current TSA enrollment provider rates
about scam renewal emails that look almost identical to real TSA notices
Federal Trade Commission consumer warning
Five years is a long gap. You enrolled, you used it, you forgot you ever applied. By the time the expiration date is close, your original confirmation email is buried in a five-year-old thread, and the date itself has dropped out of memory.
TSA's enrollment providers do send renewal notices at six months, three months, one month, and two weeks before expiration. The trouble is twofold. First, those emails often hit promotional folders or get filtered alongside the dozens of "renewal" emails from other services you have. Second, scammers send fake TSA PreCheck renewal emails that look almost identical to the real ones, so even careful people skim past the legitimate notice or distrust it and delete it.
The fix is not waiting for someone else's email. It's setting a reminder against a date you control, ahead of any provider notice, with follow-ups if you don't act on it.
The renewal window opens six months before your expiration date, and the new five-year term starts from your current expiration — so renewing early costs you no time. Six months is the right anchor for your reminder.
Check your boarding pass, airline frequent-flyer profile, or use the TSA PreCheck KTN lookup tool to find your exact date.
Enter the date six months before your expiration. You get an early-warning email, then closer reminders, until you renew.
Start at tsa.gov/precheck — never from a link in an email. Most online renewals approve in days, but in-person review can take weeks.
A lapsed PreCheck is rarely a five-minute fix. Different problems compound depending on how you missed it.
Your KTN stops working the day after expiration. Shoes off, laptop out, full screening — until your renewal posts. That can be weeks if it goes to in-person review.
When to renew and what happens if you lapse →Lapsed members get hit hardest by fake renewal emails — the urgency makes a phishing link feel plausible. The FTC has issued a specific warning about this.
How to spot a fake renewal email →Online renewal is $58.75–$69.95. In-person is $79.95. Letting it lapse can push you into a new in-person enrollment if the provider can't link your record.
See the full cost breakdown →The details for each part of the renewal — when, where, how much, and what to watch out for.
Yes. TSA's enrollment providers send notifications six months, three months, one month, and two weeks before expiration. The problem is that scam renewal emails look almost identical to the real ones, so many people either miss the real notice in the noise or distrust it and delete it.
TSA PreCheck membership is valid for five years from your approval date. Your Known Traveler Number (KTN) stops working the day after your expiration date — you'll lose access to PreCheck lanes immediately after that.
Set a reminder for six months before your expiration. You can renew up to six months early without losing time — the new five-year term starts when your current one ends. Six months also gives you a buffer if the renewal goes to in-person review, which can add weeks.
Your KTN stops working on the expiration date. You'll go through standard screening — shoes off, laptop out, the full process — until you renew. If your renewal needs in-person review, you may be in the regular line for several weeks. You don't get back the time you lost.
Enter your expiration date and email. We'll send a free email reminder six months before, then again closer to the deadline, and follow up until you mark it done. It's independent of TSA, IDEMIA, or any other provider, so it doesn't depend on their emails landing in your inbox or getting past your spam filter.
No. The reminder service is free and requires no account. We send the reminder email, you renew through tsa.gov when you receive it. We have no relationship with TSA or any renewal provider — we don't process renewals or collect renewal fees.
Free. No account. Takes 30 seconds. You'll get an email six months before your expiration — and follow-ups until you've renewed, no matter what TSA's emails do.
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