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Mar 25, 2013, 3:05 pm

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robbert

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Quote:

Originally Posted by preguntas

I was in the US Air club at DCA on 3/21, which overlooks TSA and the Pre-check entry into C/US Air gates. In the 30 minutes or so that I sat there, I saw maybe 10 people use pre-check, with no line at all, while the regular line looked at least 30 minutes long, even longer. If I were flying out of DCA with any regularity, I would be so grateful for Pre-Check. And yes, I paid my $100 before I got the offer to enroll for free.

The only problem is that they close the Pre lanes around 6pm. So no dice if you're flying out later in the evening.