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Another airport lets you reserve your checkpoint time

06/13/21

The uptick in air travel brings with it an uptick in airport security wait times. So airports around the country are getting creative in testing new ways to keep those lines from getting out of hand. You may remember our story about the “Spot Saver” program Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is piloting this summer that […]

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busier terminal as travel returns after the COVID-19 pandemic

This airport lets you reserve your security checkpoint time

05/03/21

Now you can reserve your time on the TSA line at SEA Airport (This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for USA TODAY) The good news: air travel is picking up. On Sunday May 2, TSA screened more than 1.6 million passengers, the most since March 12, 2020. The bad news: […]

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REAL ID deadline delayed. Again

04/27/21

If one of the many things worrying you during this pandemic has been how to get to a Department of Motor Vehicles office so you can get a driver’s license or identification card that is REAL ID compliant, you can relax. The Department of Homeland Security has decided to delay the deadline for this. Yet […]

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Don’t take your gun to the airport

12/06/19

It’s been a while since we took a look at the count of guns and other dangerous items travelers try to take through airport security checkpoints. For the record, firearms, grenades and a long list of other dangerous – or dangerous-looking items – aren’t permitted airside in airports. Yet each week passengers do show up […]

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Now 3 airports offer gate passes to non-ticketed passengers

10/24/19

Another airport invites non-ticketed passengers to hang and visit You can do it a Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) and you can do it at Tampa International Airport (TPA) Now Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) will let you do it too. Detroit Metro Airport now allows non-ticketed passengers to spend time on the post-security side […]

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TSA takes on Star Wars, pups and checkpoint firearms.

08/28/19

Today’s tidbits come from some of the social media notices shared by the folks at Transportation Security Administration (TSA). First: On its @askTSA site, TSA is answering questions from Star Wars fans heading to a Disney park to visit the Galaxy’s Edge attraction. People are curious about how TSA will deal wtih some of the […]

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Travel Tune-up: “Ask TSA” offers answers.

08/05/19

Travel Tune-Up: Pickles? Cantaloupes? Kittens? Find out what you may - and may not - take in your carry-on bags.

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More TSA no shows; but more support for TSA workers

01/21/19

More TSA workers are staying home. Those that are going to work - without paychecks- are getting thank-yous from their communities.

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TSA getting love + shutting checkpoints

01/20/19

TSA is shutting more airport security checkpoints due to lack of workers. But communities are stepping up with love, food and no-interest loands for TSA, FAA and other government workers who are showing up for work.

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