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There is a simple experiment you can do to test this yourself. Just attempt to board a US domestic flight without showing any personal identification. You will

There is a simple experiment you can do to test this yourself. Just attempt to board a US domestic flight without showing any personal identification. You will most certainly not be allowed through security.

greyface- 3y ago
The outcome is obvious - I'll be denied boarding. What that doesn't tell me, and what I was asking upthread, is whether anyone can provide a statutory justification for this, or if it's just TSA arbitrarily exercising power.
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snakeyjake 3y ago
>You will most certainly not be allowed through security. Yes you will be. I did it. Me. Personally. If you show up at the airport and your wallet is 200 miles away and your flight is in 45 minutes they will, unquestionably, irrefutably, let you onto your flight. Step 1: Go to the counter and tell them you don't have your ID. Step 2: They typey-type on their computer and print out some stuff. Step 3: You take that stuff to TSA and they ask you some questions like "what is your address? what is your date of birth? and things like that" Step 4: They wave you through and you go to your gate and wait to board. I was told that it is not uncommon for people to forget or lose their IDs.
- robcohen 3y ago
  Interesting. Thanks for the anecdote, I had no idea this was possible. Further validated by https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification#:~:text=You%20will%20not%20be%20allowed,advance%20of%20your%20flight%20time https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification.... I find it pretty funny that the top of the website says "Adult passengers 18 and older must show valid identification at the airport checkpoint in order to travel." Yet later in the page it says you can still travel without it.
- yummypaint 3y ago
  Thanks for sharing, I wonder how many people miss flights because they aren't aware of this. That being said, I doubt one could get away with traveling exclusively using this method.

greyface- 3y ago

The outcome is obvious - I'll be denied boarding. What that doesn't tell me, and what I was asking upthread, is whether anyone can provide a statutory justification for this, or if it's just TSA arbitrarily exercising power.

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snakeyjake 3y ago

>You will most certainly not be allowed through security. Yes you will be. I did it. Me. Personally. If you show up at the airport and your wallet is 200 miles away and your flight is in 45 minutes they will, unquestionably, irrefutably, let you onto your flight. Step 1: Go to the counter and tell them you don't have your ID. Step 2: They typey-type on their computer and print out some stuff. Step 3: You take that stuff to TSA and they ask you some questions like "what is your address? what is your date of birth? and things like that" Step 4: They wave you through and you go to your gate and wait to board. I was told that it is not uncommon for people to forget or lose their IDs.

robcohen 3y ago
Interesting. Thanks for the anecdote, I had no idea this was possible. Further validated by https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification#:~:text=You%20will%20not%20be%20allowed,advance%20of%20your%20flight%20time https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification.... I find it pretty funny that the top of the website says "Adult passengers 18 and older must show valid identification at the airport checkpoint in order to travel." Yet later in the page it says you can still travel without it.
yummypaint 3y ago
Thanks for sharing, I wonder how many people miss flights because they aren't aware of this. That being said, I doubt one could get away with traveling exclusively using this method.