Originally Posted by bennos (Post 23466961)

If she has a passport, why not apply for global entry instead? It only cost $15 more and comes with an ID card that can be used at TSA checkpoints.

Originally Posted by bennos (Post 23466961)

If she has a passport, why not apply for global entry instead? It only cost $15 more and comes with an ID card that can be used at TSA checkpoints.

Originally Posted by saizai (Post 23480279)

How is that ID card better than, y'know, her passport?

Originally Posted by saizai (Post 23480279)

How is that ID card better than, y'know, her passport?

Originally Posted by Randyk47 (Post 23480444)

I've started using mine instead of my drivers license and certainly easier to carry and show than my passport. I never carry my passport for domestic travel but my GE card is always with me.

Originally Posted by CDKing (Post 23482461)

I keep my passport on me even though i use GE card as ID. You never know when you will need to be rerouted via another country to get home. It happened to a few people I had met during Hurricane Sandy stranding. Well the options were offered but passports were not on them, so no go.

Originally Posted by CDKing (Post 23482461)

I keep my passport on me even though i use GE card as ID. You never know when you will need to be rerouted via another country to get home. It happened to a few people I had met during Hurricane Sandy stranding. Well the options were offered but passports were not on them, so no go.

Originally Posted by CDKing (Post 23482461)

I keep my passport on me even though i use GE card as ID. You never know when you will need to be rerouted via another country to get home. It happened to a few people I had met during Hurricane Sandy stranding. Well the options were offered but passports were not on them, so no go.

Originally Posted by dustman81 (Post 23482698)

I always carry my passport as backup ID when I fly, in case my wallet gets lost or stolen.

Originally Posted by kyden (Post 23484495)

Ditto. Some people take it a step further by having a photocopy of their passport in their luggage.

Originally Posted by Randyk47 (Post 23484447)

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Originally Posted by CDKing


I keep my passport on me even though i use GE card as ID. You never know when you will need to be rerouted via another country to get home. It happened to a few people I had met during Hurricane Sandy stranding. Well the options were offered but passports were not on them, so no go.




My chances of having to route through a foreign country right now are slim to none.....not many between here and DC or Atlanta which are the vast majority of my domestic business trips right now.

Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much (Post 23487239)

Washington is inside the 100-mile Constitution-Free Zone, so it's a good idea to take the passport because you never know when you will be required to prove your citizenship at a checkpoint.

Originally Posted by Randyk47 (Post 23487543)

?????? Lived there 16 years and I have no idea what you are talking about. Never saw, stopped at, or was questioned at any checkpoint.

Originally Posted by TSAPressSec (Post 23068962)

Hello, FlyerTalk. My name is Ross, and I am the press secretary for TSA in Washington, D.C.

I have used FT for many years in my personal capacity, but thought it was time to join FT in my official capacity.

I know many of you have questions regarding our programs/policies, etc., and I am going to do my best to assist and point you in the right direction.

Look forward to chatting with you.

-Ross

Originally Posted by Randyk47 (Post 23487543)

?????? Lived there 16 years and I have no idea what you are talking about. Never saw, stopped at, or was questioned at any checkpoint.

Originally Posted by catocony (Post 23488297)

He's being snarky. The Border Patrol sets up stops on highways in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas that are 20-50 miles from the border. Some on Flyertalk say that since they're "legal" there, then they would be legal in any area with 100 miles of any border - including the Atlantic and Pacific.