Originally Posted by
Always Flyin
No, if it's not listed as an acceptable ID, TSA is not obligated to accept.
The DHS listing of REAL ID compliant IDs states "this list is not an exhaustive/comprehensive listing of compliant IDs." In general, anything issued by the US Federal government with a photo should be compliant. Regardless I believe it falls under the trusted traveller heading.
Originally Posted by
worldwidedreamer
My ABTC is issued by the US government. My sense from the TSA agent is that he had not seen one before, and it would be more expedient for me to use one of many alternative forms of ID in my travel kit.
My sense is that as more people get ABTCs and RealID goes in effect the card will work like other DHS trusted traveller documents.
As FTers we're far more likely to have all sorts of esoteric travel patterns and strategies that would be very much not obvious to others, e.g. connecting via PDX because of the surfeit Priority Pass buffet in the City of Roses.
This is true. Just like till few years ago NEXUS/GE cards regularly got rejected.