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I lost my ID on Friday right after I got off the plane (or still on the plane) and now I have to get back to California today. After extensive research, I foun

I lost my ID on Friday right after I got off the plane (or still on the plane) and now I have to get back to California today. After extensive research, I found out you can get through TSA without a proper ID in some cases. The TSA website says they will try to verify your ID in other ways and issue enhanced interrogation, and that you should have two other forms of ID (listed here: http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/customer/editorial_1029.shtm#1 http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/customer/editorial_1029.shtm#1 ) I had my mom overnight me my birth certificate, and I'm gonna use my credit card (and I have two school IDs as well) so hopefully I don't TSA raped too hard on the way in.

eru 15y ago
Enhanced interrogation sounds painful.
- pavel_lishin 15y ago
  Or fun, if you're into that sort of thing.
djb_hackernews 15y ago
I've flown a few times since 9/11 without ID. In the smaller airport the TSA seem to not really care, basically asked me "really? no id? ok." The other times a credit card was good enough for them.
dkarl 15y ago
They can easily verify your identity using official ID, even if you don't have it with you. I was chosen for screening when I entered the country after a trip to Mexico, at a border checkpoint in or near Brownsville, and the Border Patrol agent pulled my driver's license info up on his computer. He asked for my driver's license, he typed in the number, and all of the information popped right up on his screen, including the photo. Assuming you have a driver's license and the TSA has access to the same technology the Border Patrol does, name and address and a five-second search ought to be sufficient. Any extra inconvenience or unpleasantness they inflict on you is probably only intended to make sure you don't make a habit of forgetting your ID.
Jach 15y ago
Around the start of last year's summer I lost my driver's license in my mom's car after she dropped me off at the airport. (I foolishly took it out of my wallet before hand so it fell out of my pocket.) Anyway, they let me through with just my college ID which is pretty low-quality-looking to boot. They did put a sticker on my bag that supposedly marks it for enhanced scanning (they never rifled through it though) and they lightly patted me down.
juiceandjuice 15y ago
Got through with absolutely no problem. Kind of scary, actually.

eru 15y ago

Enhanced interrogation sounds painful.

pavel_lishin 15y ago
Or fun, if you're into that sort of thing.

djb_hackernews 15y ago

I've flown a few times since 9/11 without ID. In the smaller airport the TSA seem to not really care, basically asked me "really? no id? ok." The other times a credit card was good enough for them.

dkarl 15y ago

They can easily verify your identity using official ID, even if you don't have it with you. I was chosen for screening when I entered the country after a trip to Mexico, at a border checkpoint in or near Brownsville, and the Border Patrol agent pulled my driver's license info up on his computer. He asked for my driver's license, he typed in the number, and all of the information popped right up on his screen, including the photo. Assuming you have a driver's license and the TSA has access to the same technology the Border Patrol does, name and address and a five-second search ought to be sufficient. Any extra inconvenience or unpleasantness they inflict on you is probably only intended to make sure you don't make a habit of forgetting your ID.

Jach 15y ago

Around the start of last year's summer I lost my driver's license in my mom's car after she dropped me off at the airport. (I foolishly took it out of my wallet before hand so it fell out of my pocket.) Anyway, they let me through with just my college ID which is pretty low-quality-looking to boot. They did put a sticker on my bag that supposedly marks it for enhanced scanning (they never rifled through it though) and they lightly patted me down.

juiceandjuice 15y ago

Got through with absolutely no problem. Kind of scary, actually.