State of Security at CLE?
Dec 30, 2009 | 5:28 am
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State of Security at CLE?
Flying CLE-MSY tomorrow. First flight since the incident.
How time consuming is the security theatre at CLE at present?
I have an 8:30am flight. How much extra time to give?
How time consuming is the security theatre at CLE at present?
I have an 8:30am flight. How much extra time to give?
Dec 30, 2009 | 8:29 am
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with all the responses, it looks like everyone is flying and you should get there extra early!
Seriously, you know CLE security usually isn't bad. There really aren't a lot of folks flying from CLE these days.
Seriously, you know CLE security usually isn't bad. There really aren't a lot of folks flying from CLE these days.
Dec 30, 2009 | 8:32 am
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yeah, I know. I just tend to cut my early AM flights pretty close. Wanted to see if there was an "extra-ordinary" screening going on or whatnot.
Dec 30, 2009 | 8:38 am
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flew out of cleveland on sunday around noon, and had family fly out later sunday afternoon. absolutely nothing out of the ordinary then. i was dropped off at 10:35am, and the only delay i had was from 10:45 to 11:00, waiting for the PC to start serving alcohol!
Dec 30, 2009 | 9:05 am
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Can you still leave you liquids/gels baggie in your carry-on when you clear CLE shoe carnival aka theatre of the absurd aka security???
Dec 30, 2009 | 9:23 am
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Flew into CLE on 12/26 at 7am and security looked fairly routine. Flew out yesterday at 11am and the elite line had 6 people - regular line looked like a 15 minute wait.
Dec 30, 2009 | 9:35 am
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I flew out Sunday morning, and they were spending extra time with every passenger (especially if your photo ID has a middle initial not on your trip reservation). However, they had many TSA agents working (the most I have ever seen in CLE), so overall the wait to get to YOU was about normal.
Dec 30, 2009 | 3:35 pm
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Had no long lines on 12/28 at 2pm.
Elite C terminal security line I was a breeze, 0-2min wait.
Elite C terminal security line I was a breeze, 0-2min wait.
Dec 30, 2009 | 5:44 pm
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Not sure if this is still relevant, but I cleared security at CLE ~3PM on 12/27 and didn't notice anything extraordinary. When I went through at DTW on 12/28, however, things were moving (deliberately?) slowly. I definitely got more of a sense of "something being up" at DTW than CLE. Whenever you clear, good luck and remember to smile for the body scan 
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