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Old Oct 26, 2011, 1:16 pm
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lindagtg
 
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Acceptable Identification for Domestic Travel [Consolidated Thread]

I have searched the past forums for information on acceptable ID, but as the rules seem to change constantly, I did not see recent info. My question is what is acceptable ID? I am a federal employee with the nice standard federal employee ID badge (with microchip) which by the way is the same standard ID that TSA people have. According to my fellow federal employees and based on past experience flying, this is acceptable government issued ID for the checkpoints. Today flying home to DC, I flew out of LEX. The TSA agent would not accept the ID badge because according to him, it has to have a birth date on it. TSA website makes no mention of birthdate on what is acceptable ID. It does not refer to federal employee ID badges as acceptable, but it does refer to DOD badge which is exactly the same. Anyone know any info on this?
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