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I agree that 5 hours is marginal, especially if you have a large airport on both ends (It takes me 10 minutes to get to the small airport here and there is ~1 s

I agree that 5 hours is marginal, especially if you have a large airport on both ends (It takes me 10 minutes to get to the small airport here and there is ~1 smallish flight being screened at a time, so there is no need to be particularly early). I didn't state it very clearly, but I'm comparing the TSA screening to the 4-5 additional hours driving would entail over flying.

trillic 4y ago
That's fair, for me security is never the issue with pre-check. It's getting to ORD or MDW via public transit or cab in crosstown traffic. It takes me almost an hour sometimes and at that point I could already be nearly a quarter of my way down the road.