Clear will be implemented in DEN starting in mid-January. They have a kiosk to accept applications in the terminal.
Saw that today. They're using the same iris scanners that are used for NEXUS.
Speaking of NEXUS, it's funny that expedited US and Canadian border clearance comes at a price of $50 for five years, where Clear costs $100 for a year.
Spoke to two different UA CSRs, both said that the elite lines at DEN will stay. One CSR commented that they have spoken to many 1Ks and GSers who are not signing up. Not scientific of course, but interesting nonetheless.
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Clear states in their web rot that once a person has been doc checked, fingerprinted and iris scanned it will take up to ten days to get your card. The folks at the scanning stations say it takes 4 - 6 weeks to get your card.
If you have had cataracts and lens implants, good luck - you will probably not be able to successfully be iris-scanned (but in the end, only the prints of TWO fingers must have been verified for card issuance and matching at the airport Clear stations.)
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USA Today posted an article today that says 65,000 people have signed up for R/T at 13 airports. What is always fun to read are the comments of the "whiners" at the end of the story.
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Security-line shortcut coming to Oakland airport - for a price
OAKLAND -- A business that gives travelers a shortcut through airport security lines in exchange for $100, a background check and a fingerprint or iris scan, has been selected to operate the program at Oakland International Airport beginning in April.
The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners, which operates the airport, chose Clear to operate its registered traveler program. Clear, headquartered in New York, already operates express lanes at San Jose and San Francisco international airports.
Rosemary Barnes, an Oakland airport spokeswoman, said business travelers and other frequent fliers had asked for such a program.
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WTOP's Adam Tuss was reporting on this during the morning rush - specifically about MWAA voting on whether to include some form of RT program at IAD and DCA. I am in the process of writing a letter to him correcting his inferred comment that this will be a good thing for travelers (by allowing them to "bypass security lines" at the region's airports).
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WTOP's Adam Tuss was reporting on this during the morning rush - specifically about MWAA voting on whether to include some form of RT program at IAD and DCA. I am in the process of writing a letter to him correcting his inferred comment that this will be a good thing for travelers (by allowing them to "bypass security lines" at the region's airports).
We, The People, have allowed the debate to be framed around the time it takes to go through the checkpoint, rather than vehemently object to the loss of civil liberties occurring at checkpoints throughout America. We need to stand up to the Administration, turn around our caps so we are 2" away from their faces ( a la Earl Weaver) and say "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more!"
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Clear is coming to Oakland. I use it in SJC and love how it works. Once you get your card, you go to the clear station, they quickly scan your finger and they take you to the very front of the line.
Hopefully they have this in the Southwest Terminal in OAK.
WTOP's Adam Tuss was reporting on this during the morning rush - specifically about MWAA voting on whether to include some form of RT program at IAD and DCA. I am in the process of writing a letter to him correcting his inferred comment that this will be a good thing for travelers (by allowing them to "bypass security lines" at the region's airports).
That's pretty much the way that Clear advertises in the Bay Area - they imply that you get to skip security, or that security itself will be faster. Neither one is true. This is nothing more than a government-sanctioned VIP program that has absolutely nothing to do with security. If it was truly more secure, than the current screening would be actually reduced for R/T's. I call shenanigans.
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Security-line shortcut coming to Oakland airport - for a price
