I’ve gotta say, this proposal doesn’t seem unreasonable to me?
Along those lines, the TSA has now issued a proposed rule, which is being published in the Federal Register today. That means there will be a public commenting period before this goes into effect. With this, travelers without required identification documents will have to pay a non-refundable fee of $18 to have their identity verified on a new biometric kiosk system, before they can pass through a checkpoint.
The idea is that a non-refundable $18 fee would allow passengers to access TSA checkpoints for 10 days, and the intent is for the fee to be used to pay for the new technology. The timeline for this being implemented remains to be seen, and I imagine it won’t be any time soon. The new system is supposed to reduce the amount of time it takes to verify the identity of travelers.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
