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Most people don't have TSA precheck because they don't fly enough to bother doing it or don't know anything about it so don't research it further. If you are r
by dawhizkid 9y ago
Most people don't have TSA precheck because they don't fly enough to bother doing it or don't know anything about it so don't research it further.
If you are rich you're flying in business/first class or have elite airline status as it is, so you'll get priority screening regardless of whether you have precheck or not. If anything the biggest cheerleaders for TSA precheck are the airlines because speedier security means fewer people missing their flight due to long security lines.
- smileysteve 9y agoBut this is the equivalent of net neutrality. There is no such thing as fast lanes, there are only prioritized lanes. Queueing theory says that if you dedicate the 2nd line back to the single line, then you can process more people more quickly.
- Zak 9y agoPriority lines gets you a shorter line. Precheck gets you a less invasive screening procedure. Priority lines exist because the airport, rather than the TSA controls the lines. The airport tries to do what the airlines want, and the airlines want people who pay them extra to have a better experience. This is arguably broken, but it's not really the TSA's fault.