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No Real ID? TSA will charge $45 per trip to verify you

No Real ID? TSA will charge $45 per trip to verify you

12/02/25
A few weeks ago, the Transportation Security Admnistration announced in the Federal Register that it would be setting up a verification program for passengers who show up at the TSA checkpoint without a Real ID, passport or some other acceptable form of identification. To cover the costs of the alt-ID program, which is set to […]
Worried about REAL ID? Deadline now: May 2025

Worried about REAL ID? Deadline now: May 2025

12/06/22
Citing the lingering effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the public’s ability (and reluctance) to obtain a REAL ID driver’s license or identification card, federal officials have once extended the deadline for when fliers must have a federally compliant REAL ID. On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security announced that the deadline for enforcement of REAL ID […]
REAL ID deadline delayed. Again

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 […]
Airport news from San Diego and Anchorage, Alaska

Airport news from San Diego and Anchorage, Alaska

02/06/20
Monsters at San Diego International Airport The newest group to land a five-month artist residency at San Diego International Airport (SAN) is Beck+Col. The Los Angeles-based duo creates performances that explore alternate universes populated by colorful and playful monsters. During their residency at SAN, lumpy, musical monsters will be visiting the airport and interacting and […]

REAL ID act may cause issues for air travelers

10/12/15
  What’s in your wallet? If you plan on traveling any time next year, the question is a pertinent one. Travelers with driver’s licenses from New York, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Louisiana, American Samoa or another state or territory the Department of Homeland Security deems not-compliant with the federal REAL ID act may soon be barred […]