Flew out of Sea-Tac today....

[brooklynite]

Standard security lines were running up to 70 minutes. Why everyone doesn't sign up for PreCheck or CLEAR is beyond me.

[Shellback Squid]

1. worried their parking ticket will show in their a background check

anything

[ret5hd]

2. Sorry we all inconvenienced you.

[brooklynite]

3. You didn't. I waltzed through in 5.

I have GLOBAL ENTRY which comes with PRECHECK. $100 for five years. I just don't understand why people put up with crowds and delays when travel alternatives exist.

[ret5hd]

4. We're proud of you.

[haele]

6. Because most people don't travel that often.

They travel for a wedding, a funeral, a new job or college, for specialist visit, to move back home, or for that one family vacation trip they saved for years, and that's pretty much it.
If you travel for business, the fast check is the way to go. But if you're only going to fly, say 10 times in your lifetime, you're not going to put out another $100 on the off chance all those 10 trips will be within that five year period.
Haele

[MontanaMama]

9. People put up with things

because they have to. You should seriously delete this thread. $100 for a lot of folks is a whole lot of dough and you weren’t inconvenienced at all today so why all of this? If you feel so strongly, maybe you could offer to purchase pre-check for people on DU who would benefit?

[Hope22]

10. I don't know about you

But my global entry privilege necessitated an in person interview in a city 100 miles from my home. That is definitely a show stopper in and of itself for many. We have to add in the actual interview that could be very uncomfortable for so many. When we enter the Homeland Security office we call a family member to let them know where we are and that we will call them when we come out. The Patriot Act and other laws against the people allow HS to hold anyone without having to divulge that they have you in custody. At one interview the officer asked for my SS# again but not that of my partner who was there to renew as well. During the interview I asked the officer why they had done that. He responded that there was someone with a name very similar to mine with a warrant out for their arrest. You just never know what they are going to dig up.

[brooklynite]

17. My last interview (post COVID) was online.

[Hope22]

18. The best possible way! n/t

[meadowlander]

11. Surprisingly enough some people in an international airport don't live in the US.

[brooklynite]

16. Understood, but most international flights don't go out at 6 AM

[dpibel]

5. This is a serious

first-world problem!

[betsuni]

7. Expected the punch line to be: And boy, are my arms tired.

[MontanaMama]

8. If everyone signed up for pre-check

we would have yet another set of travel problems. Good grief. Seriously? I cannot even believe you would come here with this. Maybe direct your affluent anger at the TSA. And yes, I have pre-check so feel free to move move on.

[Ron Green]

12. Commercial aviation itself, along with other forms of excessive consumption,

is a bubble whose bursting time has arrived.

[Thunderbeast]

13. Why don't people just fly in a Jetstream or Learjet?

I just don't understand why they are so inconsiderate.

[DFW]

14. Oh, we all would

It's just those pesky landing fees............

[Dorian Gray]

15. I don't understand

why you didn't just fly on a Net Jet and avoid the crowded terminal all together.


(Seriously, as someone who signed up for Clear on a whim, it's $180 a year. I take between 10-20 flights a year, so it's worth it to me. But it is an indulgence and not affordable to a lot of people. Or not worth it to people who only take one big trip a year.)

TSA should be more efficient. Having people pay for Global Entry or Clear is just another way to make money on the travel industry.