TSA PreCheck Lanes Won't Be Members-Only Anytime Soon
Skift Take
Those who have paid for expedited security screening at airports will have to share the lanes for a good while longer. How much longer is anyone's guess.
Late last year, the Transportation Security Administration made a change to its PreCheck program that had frequent fliers rejoicing.
Those who were enrolled in the domestic program — a process that requires an $85 fee, documentation, in-person interview, and fingerprints — had been watching with aggravation as an increasing number of non-enrolled travelers were ushered into the fast lanes at airport security checkpoints.
The TSA said in September it would scale back the practice somewhat by ceasing the use of behavior detection officers and explosive trace detection sampling to route people into the PreCheck queue.
News headlines declared the end of "free passes" to the expedited security lanes, where shoes and light jackets can stay on, and laptops and liquids remain in carry-on bags. Mashable declared (incorrectly): "T
