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Originally Posted by
seawolf
If I'm understanding correctly, the whole background check and biometric kiosk doesn't really add any value if the end result is to allow you to merely skip ahead of a bunch of people straight to the TSA document checker based on PreCheck status on BP. Why do you even need a background check and biometric to cut the line when screening process is exactly the same as if you are not enrolled in Clear (rhetorical question)?
That used to be the case but for the past year we simply bypass the TSA <id checker> with a nod and a wink and head straight to the precheck conveyor belt. I say "we" because you are always escorted by a Clear employee.
Last edited by TWA884; Aug 23, 2016 at 11:39 pm
Reason: Derisive gross generalization