IAD "Diamond" TSA Checkpoint to close
 

Word is that the TSA checkpoint (formerly known as the "Diamond" checkpoint) on the Baggage Level next to Claim 8 will close permanently on or about 9/6/12.

Thanks for the info. Any reason given?

Possibly something to do with Pre-Check startup. But the details haven't been revealed yet.

Being separate from the other checkpoints and largely unknown, this checkpoint would be an excellent location for PreCheck.

PreCheck will be upstairs on main level according to TSA agents. They are currently building it out.

Did they make any indication as to why they are creating a new, upstairs checkpoint, rather than simply converting the current Diamond checkpoint into PreCheck configuration?

So if I'm flying out in F what checkpoint can I use now?

They probably want the same kind of setup as of other airports. Even with PreCheck one doesn't get that all the times, and if that's the case then TSA can send you back to the regular [upstairs] security line.

Talked to the guard there today - it closes tomorrow, still no word
on what it's to become if anything.

Was told the TSA pre-check is to open Sep 25.

it's closed. walked by it today after arrival, and it gas been stripped of all equipment.

Lovely. Now that they have made a complete mess of security in the "modernized" area, I will plan on ca 15 min in line on good days (no pre-check for me - sigh). The other issue is that this screening area was used for, uh, special groups like 40 teens on their way to Europe with the swimming coach. Now these folks will end up piling into the regular lines creating further chaos. It almost makes me long for the days of 50-yard hikes from one end of the building to the other and back again prior to the modernization.......

I'm flying out of IAD today on business for the first time in a while (DCA has become my airport of choice now that I live in Alexandria) and was looking to see if this lane was still open. The news is disappointing.

Onward with the rest of the herd...

The old Diamond lane closed many months ago.

If you are flying Business or First (or have certain status levels) you can follow the signs for Premium Passengers to avoid the long part of the TSA security queue. The best deal going now is TSA Pre-Check.