When you travel, it feels like every week there’s some new warning to watch out for — from scams at the airport to supposed dangers hiding in your hotel room. …
Airport Security
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As the TSA ups its digital game, it’s been slowly increasing the number of states whose residents can use mobile driver’s licenses (mDL) at checkpoints with digital ID readers. The …
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Despite advertising itself as a way to “get through security faster,” it’s not surprising to hear that CLEAR doesn’t truly seem to have passengers’ time at the heart of its …
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Travel
Is Global Entry Worth the Cost and Effort Compared to the Free Mobile Passport Control App?
by joehegby joehegWe’ve had Global Entry for over a decade, and when we first applied, it was nothing short of a game-changer. Back then, it felt like we’d unlocked a secret VIP …
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Airports
Will Your Airport Biometric Data Still Work if You’ve Been On Ozempic, Had Bariatric Surgery, etc.?
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegRoughly 10% of American adults had been prescribed injectable weight-loss drugs – known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists- in the past few years. Most people know them by their …
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Airports
18th Airport Now Allowing Unticketed People Through TSA Security
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegEvery time another airport announces that people without a flight that day can now go to the airside to meet/accompany their family, it makes me smile. Y’see, way back when …
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Over the years, the TSA has been pushing PreCheck more and more. It’s admittedly a convenient way to save time at the TSA security checkpoint. But, of course, the more …
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Airports
Airport Security Staff Explains Why They Always Stare at Passengers’ Crotches
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegReddit has a section called “Ask Me Anything,” or AMA for short. It’s composed of people who have what they consider to be interesting or unique about themselves, and they …
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It’s always fun when you discover something in the travel world that most places don’t have, or only a few offer. We’ve gone over some of them before: Airlines that …
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Travel
Europe To Start Fingerprinting U.S. Tourists This Fall: What You Need to Know
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIn the United States, we still technically have the right to opt out of the government collecting our biometric information. Whether it’s analyzing our face, eyeballs or fingerprints, right now …