Originally Posted by Doppy
As for the TSA, you technically don't need to have ID on you, but some sort of proof like a police report would probably be helpful. Just be firm, but polite, and ask to speak to supervisors if there are any problems.
Those not-quite-security dudes, whom you encounter half way through the security line, before you hit the WTMD sub-lines... the ones who check that your BP matches your ID and that your ID matches your face (and also check for the SSSS mark)... how easy/hard is it going to be to convince them to let you through without any ID, just a BP? Should one pencil in SSSS on one's own BP preemptively?
Has anyone on FT actually (not anecdotally) done this (show up at airport with no ID, just a home-printed BP, get to security screeners, receive the SSSS treatment, and still fly) successfully [non internationally, of course]? I smell a future FT group project.