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06 July 2012

Fly Clear Passed the TSA Today

By Brent Neenan


Flying these days can be such a hassle. Since 9/11 the process of clearing security and boarding airplanes has become excruciating and painful. There is no way to fly clear of the hassle until recently. Clear Me was invented in the early years of the 21st century to fight the ever growing lines and hassles of airport travel. Though it went under in only a couple years there has been a new push to restart the service to once again evade the ridiculousness that is airport security.

Clear Me is basically a service available to any person who fly's and has the unfortunate displeasure of passing through security check points. Established in 2003; by utilizing state of the art biometric ID cards people can fly clear of the first level of security at airport checkpoints. This service is said to shave off roughly 20 to 30 minutes of travel time during your commute.

Because of the raised security however; not everyone can just be issued an advanced biometric ID card. In order to qualify one must satisfy several factors. You must provide several government issued IDs, pass a Lexus Nexus background check and submit to a fingerprint and iris scan. After all this and paying a yearly fee of about $200 you will be issued your own biometric card and privilege to take advantage of all Clear Me's services.

Though it can be seen as extremely useful service for many people others may see it differently. The organization originally flopped with over 200,000 customers previously. Some believe the yearly fee isn't worth the amount of time that a typical passenger actually saves. Plus, you still have to pass several other security checkpoints that Clear Me doesn't get you around.

Though some may agree with and love the idea as some others do not; Clear Me will eventually soon be coming to an airport terminal near you. Only time will tell if it's going to flop for a second time around or take off to greater altitudes than ever before.




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