Delta to begin Registered Traveler program
Jun 23, 2008 | 1:25 am
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Delta to begin Registered Traveler program
usatoday.com
WASHINGTON — Delta Air Lines is planning to become the first major U.S. carrier to offer its passengers the option of paying for speedier security lines.
Delta says it will start the Registered Traveler program this summer at terminals in New York's Kennedy and LaGuardia airports and in Los Angeles International Airport. Registered Traveler offers passengers who pay $128 a year can go through an exclusive line at airport checkpoints that is typically shorter than other security lines.
Until now the Registered Traveler program has only been available to travelers who sign up for the service through an airport or a few foreign airlines. Delta has hired Verified Identity Pass of New York City to enroll passengers in Registered Traveler and operate the lines at the three airports.
WASHINGTON — Delta Air Lines is planning to become the first major U.S. carrier to offer its passengers the option of paying for speedier security lines.
Delta says it will start the Registered Traveler program this summer at terminals in New York's Kennedy and LaGuardia airports and in Los Angeles International Airport. Registered Traveler offers passengers who pay $128 a year can go through an exclusive line at airport checkpoints that is typically shorter than other security lines.
Until now the Registered Traveler program has only been available to travelers who sign up for the service through an airport or a few foreign airlines. Delta has hired Verified Identity Pass of New York City to enroll passengers in Registered Traveler and operate the lines at the three airports.
Jun 23, 2008 | 4:50 am
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I hope that the airlines or programs such as clear that offer these 'expedited' services for an annual fee are paying for the TSA overtime out of their programs funding. I'm assuming that in order to be legal, they are using off-duty TSA personnel, and not pulling from the normal shift who are being paid (by all of us) for their services in the normal lines.
Jun 23, 2008 | 12:15 pm
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I hope that the airlines or programs such as clear that offer these 'expedited' services for an annual fee are paying for the TSA overtime out of their programs funding. I'm assuming that in order to be legal, they are using off-duty TSA personnel, and not pulling from the normal shift who are being paid (by all of us) for their services in the normal lines.
Jun 23, 2008 | 12:47 pm
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I hope that the airlines or programs such as clear that offer these 'expedited' services for an annual fee are paying for the TSA overtime out of their programs funding. I'm assuming that in order to be legal, they are using off-duty TSA personnel, and not pulling from the normal shift who are being paid (by all of us) for their services in the normal lines.
IMO, this is a revenue play for DL figuring why don't they get a piece of the CLEAR, etc options that are on the table right now.
Jun 23, 2008 | 12:57 pm
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That's my take of this too. Besides that, DL and NW's "security" people may be comparing notes while trying to be "stronger on security than the next guy" -- all they are really doing is missing the boat and making no one secure other than the small minority of people whom such things make financially more secure than they would otherwise be.
Jun 23, 2008 | 1:03 pm
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That's my take of this too. Besides that, DL and NW's "security" people may be comparing notes while trying to be "stronger on security than the next guy" -- all they are really doing is missing the boat and making no one secure other than the small minority of people whom such things make financially more secure than they would otherwise be.
Gotta wonder.... if they think they can get more money from this by eliminating elite lines, will they?
Jun 23, 2008 | 5:25 pm
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This was discussed last week in the DL forum:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=835356
I guess USA today is just slow.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=835356
I guess USA today is just slow.
Jun 23, 2008 | 7:05 pm
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The airport needs to pay the extra people to monitor who goes into the premium line so any cost saving they can get, they're interested in but not at the risk of p*ssing of the airlines or the frequent fliers. IMO, the lines have less than 2 years to live with the "solutions" TSA thinks they are offering.