TSA Pre-Check – The Only Road to Travel (for those who travel)

September 23, 2013

AA #169

LAS – LAX

47 seconds. This was exactly the time it took me to go from entrance to TSA Security, via the TSA Pre-check line in Las Vegas Terminal 3, to walking away from the outpouring conveyor belt and on my way to the gate.

Not even one minute passed by.

No shoes had to be removed. No laptops had to be pulled from my bag. No super secured bagged liquids had to be presented in a separate bin.

I did not have to gather all my belongings hurriedly, dropping a shoe, trying to find a safe place to re-dress, re-belt, and re-shoe; while other passengers bumped into me as they maneuvered to their own safe places. I was in a place far away from the blaring announcements of TSA to “Move it Along”, “Grab your items off the belt, please”.

I was the ONLY one in the pre-check line, while 37 other passengers were lined up and waiting in the “other” line. I breezed through with my economy class ticket in hand, faster than a first-class passenger. Winning!

TSA Pre-Check may not be for everyone – and for this frequent traveler that is a very good thing.

http://www.tsa.gov/tsa-precheck