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Business Travelers - How to Get Through the Line Faster

Friday, March 13, 2009

Great tips and reminders from the TSA for all Travelers Passengers are asked to bear in mind the following advice to help make their passage through the airport as efficient and comfortable as possible. Pack Smart * Pack an organized carry-on bag using layers – a layer of clothes, then electronic, more clothes, and then any heavier items. [...]

X-Ray Backscatter Technology and Your Personal Privacy

Friday, February 27, 2009

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In its endeavor to protect the nation’s transportation infrastructure as well as the traveling public, TSA strives to provide both optimum security and maximum privacy protections to the traveling public. TSA has been testing various technologies that may enhance security without diminishing the personal privacy of passengers at the security screening checkpoint. One of the technologies [...]

TSA Starts Test Of Body-Scanners At Checkpoint

Friday, February 20, 2009

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Airline passengers may soon be able to skip passing through metal detectors and instead be screened by whole-body, millimeter-wave imaging devices, the Transportation Security Administration announced Tuesday. USA Today reports TSA launched an experimental program Wednesday at Tulsa International Airport (TUL), with further tests planned over the next two months at airports in Albuquerque, Salt Lake [...]

Boarding Passes marked SSSS and TSA Screening

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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In the past 12 months I have been handed a boarding pass marked with 4 S’s, twice. It would appear that when you make a one way flight reservation or a reservation the same day or within a few hours of the flight, you may be handed a boarding pass with SSSS printed on it. The [...]

Have you traveled with the Clear Card?

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

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So far, 20 airports have installed new Security check in kiosks to speed business travelers through the TSA screening process. You still will be subjected to the metal detectors and X-ray scanners but you will not have to wait in the long security wait lines to get to those devices and clear security. According to [...]