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When was it required to have a passport for domestic travel? I think everyone just uses a driver's license.

• labcomputer 4y ago
  In theory, Any Day Now, you will be required to have a RealID (tm) to board a fight. Of course, the deadline has been pushed back yet again. Not all drivers licenses meet that criteria, but a passport does.
  • landemva 4y ago
    > you will be required to have a RealID to board a fight. Which law says that? It is possible to fly domestic without ID. I did it twice and TSA had me sign a form which basically self-declared that I am not a problem. The ID check is to make it difficult to resell frequent flier award travel. So the TSA ID-checkers are the airline's revenue helpers. Last summer I put a bunch of transparent tape over the picture on my passport to see what would happen with TSA. The TSA lady asked me to peel it off. That was going slowly so she called a supervisor who quickly waved me through.
    • ghaff 4y ago
      I have flown without government ID--somehow lost my license between the car and the airport door. Unclear that will remain the case once RealID requirement goes into effect or at least to what degree it will be at the whim of a TSA supervisor.
• spike021 4y ago
  Not everyone has a driver's license.
  • ghaff 4y ago
    Every state (I assume) will issue a state ID that is not a driver's license.
    • spike021 4y ago
      Just because it's available doesn't mean everyone has one.
      • ghaff 4y ago
        And what does that have to do with the upthread claim that there's a push to require passports for domestic travel? Which is simply untrue.
        • spike021 4y ago
          Some people who do need a legal document for travel favor getting a passport? But that doesn't mean everyone has a state ID.