TSA Precheck

We’ve recently been experiencing more “random” checks while going through the TSA security checkpoint. This is nothing new, as CLEAR and the TSA select people for checks even if they …

There are a lot of airlines out there. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), leading groups in aviation and the airline industry, have assigned …

TSA PreCheck can be worth its weight in gold. While the “regular” queue at the TSA security check can be 30, 45, 60 or even more minutes on a busy …

I’ve admitted that I have an irrational attachment to certain travel credit cards. You know, the cards I’ve had for a while and keep paying the annual fee, even though …

We’ve had a membership with CLEAR since 2018. Initially, I thought the service was excellent but not worth the money. We didn’t travel enough to justify the membership fee. I’ve …

Over the years, the Department of Homeland Security has introduced a couple of programs to make waiting in queues at U.S. airports a little less painful. No real need to …

Having TSA PreCheck status can potentially save you a lot of time (although maybe not quite as much time as in the past). So when you have the status and …

Think about this scenario: a married couple arrives at the airport. One of them has TSA PreCheck, the other doesn’t. If they’re lucky, the one who hasn’t paid for PreCheck …

It’s hard to realize the changes at the TSA Security checkpoint over the last several years. Even more so because for part of that time, most people weren’t traveling. Now …

If you pay attention to the media and announcements, you’ll notice a very interesting pattern. When entities want news – especially bad news – to stay a little bit under …