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  • How can I reduce my wait time at airport security points?
  • Why do I have to take my shoes off?
  • What is the "registered traveler" program?
  • What are the benefits of the registered traveler program?
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Tips And Tricks For Air Travel Security

How can I reduce my wait time at airport security points?

On average nation wide wait times at our security check points are less than ten minutes. So, it's not a lot of time to wait. Secondly, passengers can, if they have flexibility in their schedules, travel during non-peak travel times. However, if you do have a line in security, how do you make it quicker for yourself? Very simple processes, take your coat off, take your cell phone off your belt. Take your laptop out of your bag. Take the change out of your pockets. Take your shoes off. Those very basic steps could save you a minute, two minutes, three minutes. When you consider you're traveling with two million other people that day, if you all save each other two minutes, really, the time saved is humongous.

Why do I have to take my shoes off?

A few years ago, we had this person that everyone knows as the Shoe Bomber - Richard Reid. He was flying from Europe to the United States, with an explosive device in his shoe. We know that there are bombs that people can place in their shoes out there. We need to do what we need to do to be able to find them so passengers don't bring them into the security area of the airport and we keep our traveling public safe and secure. That is why you need to take off your shoes at airport security.

What is the "registered traveler" program?

As part of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, Congress required the TSA to investigate a registered traveler program to alleviate inconvenience at the airport for frequent travelers. We had a pilot program in five airports and determined that the best way to move forward would be through a public/private partnership between the airports and the contractor. We now have the registered traveler program in a few airports, and the airports own the program. We facilitate it, but they go into a contract with the separate company and implement the registered traveler program. It's basically designed to alleviate any kind of a wait for passengers that pay a fee.

What are the benefits of the registered traveler program?

The benefits differ from airport to airport, really depending on what that airport can provide. If an airport has the room to give its own lane for a registered traveler, then that airport could put its own lane. If another airport can only give you head of the lane privileges, that's what they'll give you. Some airports have considered giving free parking to the passengers who are members of the registered traveler program. So it can be really anything. Our concern, as an agency, is to ensure that the TSA is able to continue to provide a level of security, so every passenger, registered traveler or not, will go through some level of screening at the airport.

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Tony4in1  (177 days ago)

Again some parts are only for the USA, waits at some European airports can be nearly an hour to get through security. This is mainly because people do NOT do what is suggested in the first parts of this segment - preparing for security by removing shoes, folding baby buggies etc.

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