Originally Posted by lupine

Went through security at LAX (United) Monday afternoon. I handed the TSA agent my D.L. and the printed out page with my boarding pass -- the boarding pass was facing me. She put the boarding pass face down on her podium, stamped it, then looked at my ID and checked it with a light. Then she passed everything back to me without ever checking to see if the boarding pass and ID matched. She never so much as glanced at the boarding pass.

The guy manning the WTMD did want to see the boarding pass, and was annoyed that I'd left it in my purse. While there were seven TSA folks standing around that one line, we had to wait until they finished their chatting to give me back my purse and get my boarding pass, and at that point he looked at it for a moment and then waved me through. (DIA never asks for the boarding pass at the WTMD, so I don't know if they're following procedure or LAX is, but there certainly isn't any great consistency between airports.)

Boy, do I feel safe now.