Posted on 05/25/2016 4:05:40 PM PDT by metmom
woes? Think again
By Matt Finn Published May 25, 2016 FoxNews.com Facebook5 Twitter137 livefyre16 Email Print
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Travelers experiencing problems with TSA pre-check
With the Transportation Security Administration warning passengers that long lines at major airports are not going away, it seems the only immediate relief in sight is the TSA’s PreCheck option -- designed to get passengers through security faster.
But critics aren’t so sure. They say the pass is just a moneymaker for the TSA that’s facing its own application backlog and doesn’t always work at certain airports, anyway.
“I was at LaGuardia airport just yesterday and actually the PreCheck wasn’t open, so I had to wait in line, a long line with everyone else,” said travel expert Lee Abbamonte. “Not that that’s the worst thing in the world, but if you paid the money for PreCheck you want to actually get the benefits that you paid for.”
He’s not alone. The TSA acknowledged to Fox News it does close the PreCheck lines from time to time at certain airports when there is a lack of anticipated demand.
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What a great idea.
Instead of forcing compliance with registering with the government and forcing fingerprinting on everyone, make it voluntary under the guise of making people’’s lives easier and charge them to boot.
Then you’ll have everyone rushing to get on a government database, like lemmings going over a cliff.
How do you not pay anything and just sign up?
Did you have to provide finger prints and do a background check and interview?
Onyx, what airline are you flying?
United, but I won’t be on United on my way home because their dog policy changed on May 15, 2016.
Short-snouted dogs, like my Louie can’t fly in cargo and he’s way too uncomfortable in that tiny bag under my seat.
OH I can understand not wanting dog under seat!
I was not aware that short snouted dogs cannot travel in cargo?! Why is that? Not that I would think it very fun to travel in cargo regardless of snout length!
We don’t.
And I don’t fly enough that I’m willing to sacrifice my freedom.
And I’m not stupid enough to not see what’s going on.
Watch, they’ll want DNA samples soon enough.
I just went to a TSA website after I heard about it and filled out a form. The next time I flew a little TSA-PreCheck logo showed up on my boarding pass.
ML/NJ
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