Originally Posted by
AA_Flyer
I fly nearly weekly, almost entirely domestic (USA) and have cleared Precheck many hundreds of times. Recently on a departure from BOS to ORD the TSA agent scanned my driver license as usual, then asked for a second form of ID. I know FL licenses sometimes are hard to scan so I asked "Is my license not scanning?" and was told it did scan properly, but the screen instructed him to ask for a second form of ID. He could not give me a reason, just that the computer told him to ask for it. I've cleared security with that very same license hundreds of times with no issue. License expiration is 4 years out so it's not like it's about to expire.
Any idea why a second ID would have been requested? I always keep my passport with me in a separate bag in case I lose my wallet so no big deal, but it's kept me scratching my head since.
Is your license RealID compliant? TSA isn't
supposed to require RealID compliant ID (the current deadline is May 23, 2023, but it's been extended multiple times), but it's possible that was the problem. If the ID scanner was looking for a RealID compliant license and your isn't compliant, it would prompt for a second ID.
I suspect that this is how the RealID compliance thing will work once it's actually put into place, whether it's in place next year or delayed again.