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    How To Help Avoid Getting A False Positive On TSA Swab Tests

    by SharonKurheg September 22, 2024
    by SharonKurheg September 22, 2024

    If you’re traveling by plane in the United States, you know that sometimes you’ll get pulled aside for a “swab test.” It happened to me on our way home from …

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  • Travel

    What Does TSA See When They Scan Your ID?

    by SharonKurheg September 14, 2024
    by SharonKurheg September 14, 2024

    As the TSA adds more and more Credential Authentication Technology (CAT) units to the country’s airports, it means less and less people have to show their boarding passes to TSA …

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  • Airports

    TSA Facial Recognition Technology Leads to Woman’s Arrest at Airport

    by SharonKurheg September 11, 2024
    by SharonKurheg September 11, 2024

    Over the past several years, the TSA has been testing facial recognition at more and more airports. These specialized scanners, called CAT-2 units, incorporate facial recognition technology by taking real-time …

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  • Airports

    Winona Ryder Explains Why TSA Agents Made Her Miss Her Flight

    by SharonKurheg September 6, 2024
    by SharonKurheg September 6, 2024

    It’s been 36 years since Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice first came to movie theaters. Released in 1988, the film cost $13m but made over $73m, and wound up being one of 1988’s highest …

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  • Travel

    Global Entry Can Now Be Useful in Canada

    by SharonKurheg September 1, 2024
    by SharonKurheg September 1, 2024

    Passengers who travel outside the U.S. and have Global Entry know how convenient it is. For just a $100 application or renewal fee (increasing to $120 in October 2024), you …

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  • Airports

    5 Things That Totally Annoy TSA Agents

    by SharonKurheg August 30, 2024
    by SharonKurheg August 30, 2024

    There are 2 types of people in the world – those who try to follow the rules as best as they can and do what’s expected of them, and those …

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  • Travel

    California Now Accepts Digital ID as Part of Google Wallet

    by SharonKurheg August 28, 2024
    by SharonKurheg August 28, 2024

    Just over two months ago, we announced that New York had become the 9th state to accept digital ID at the TSA security checkpoints. California was one of those other …

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  • Airports

    TSA Says Airports Will Be Crazy for Labor Day Weekend. Here’s How to Make Travel Easier

    by SharonKurheg August 26, 2024
    by SharonKurheg August 26, 2024

    Although Labor Day is only one day, Labor Day Weekend, as well as several days that hug either side of the weekend, are historically big travel days. It marks the …

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  • Travel

    Man Checked In A Tree Branch at the Airport. Here’s How We Topped That

    by joeheg August 5, 2024
    by joeheg August 5, 2024

    About 8 years ago, the internet chuckled for a moment when the news hit the world: Plane Passenger Successfully Checks In A Stick At The Airport A photo was posted …

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  • Airlines

    Fun Fact! FAA Limits Certain Liquids In Your CHECKED Bag, Too

    by SharonKurheg August 5, 2024
    by SharonKurheg August 5, 2024

    Ever since the transatlantic aircraft plot in 2006, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been enforcing what is known as “3-1-1 for carry-ons,” wherein travelers are allowed to carry liquids …

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