Originally Posted by
chollie
This.
Pay $85 for a chance - just a chance - that you get lucky and transit the checkpoint without getting your crotch probed and your buttocks stroked because you have been 'randomly' chosen - and that's assuming you are lucky enough to be flying through an airport with operating Pre lanes and not just 'Pre-lite'.
Nothing says 'TSA' like a big, bold, taxpayer-funded sign advertising the benefits of Pre - right next to a closed Pre lane during peak travel hours.
...and people rip me a new one when I call it "ExtortionCheck" of "Apparatchik."