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What’s the hoo-ha here? My expectations of privacy while flying are zero. Heck, Delta lets me on board via facial recognition, don’t even have to show the board

What’s the hoo-ha here? My expectations of privacy while flying are zero. Heck, Delta lets me on board via facial recognition, don’t even have to show the boarding pass. Passport control is photo based too. My understanding of Clear is they positively identify me via iris scan, then match it up to a background check and my KTN. With that, I’m a “known traveler” and don’t need an experienced officer to review my documents. $100 or $189 is trivial compared to all the plane tickets and other expenses of travel. Over a couple dozen trips a year, I’m grateful for the reduction in waiting time and stress. If there was another tier that had an even faster and more pleasant experience, maybe off to the side somewhere, I’d pay double.

dumpsterlid 4y ago
"$100 or $189 is trivial compared to all the plane tickets and other expenses of travel. Over a couple dozen trips a year, I’m grateful for the reduction in waiting time and stress." Don't assume everyone else has the privilege of not being worried about an additional $100-$200 cost to airline travel, it isn't a cute look.
- Kaibeezy 4y ago
  Well, yeah, if you fly once a year. So don’t buy Clear. If you’re on 80 planes a year, maybe buy Clear. Seems an obvious implication of “a couple dozen trips a year”, but now I’ve said it expressly.
  - dumpsterlid 4y ago
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    - Kaibeezy 4y ago
      Many people travel as part of their job.
    - dang 4y ago
      Personal attacks are not allowed here, regardless of how justified they are or you feel they are. You've been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly, so I've banned this account. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
> If there was another tier that had an even faster and more pleasant experience, maybe off to the side somewhere, I’d pay double. If you're flying out of LAX then there is[0], but you'll be paying substantially more than double for the privilege. [0] https://reserveps.com/ https://reserveps.com/

dumpsterlid 4y ago

"$100 or $189 is trivial compared to all the plane tickets and other expenses of travel. Over a couple dozen trips a year, I’m grateful for the reduction in waiting time and stress." Don't assume everyone else has the privilege of not being worried about an additional $100-$200 cost to airline travel, it isn't a cute look.

Kaibeezy 4y ago
Well, yeah, if you fly once a year. So don’t buy Clear. If you’re on 80 planes a year, maybe buy Clear. Seems an obvious implication of “a couple dozen trips a year”, but now I’ve said it expressly.
- dumpsterlid 4y ago
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  - Kaibeezy 4y ago
    Many people travel as part of their job.
  - dang 4y ago
    Personal attacks are not allowed here, regardless of how justified they are or you feel they are. You've been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly, so I've banned this account. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago

> If there was another tier that had an even faster and more pleasant experience, maybe off to the side somewhere, I’d pay double. If you're flying out of LAX then there is[0], but you'll be paying substantially more than double for the privilege. [0] https://reserveps.com/ https://reserveps.com/