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Given the sensitive nature of Boopsie’s thread I didn’t think it right to go off on a tangent. Some advice offered by Regina was to get TSA Pre-Check for $85 (5 years).
I opted to get it and was happy with a very quick turn around. So quick that I was able to apply it to my next business trip. As it happens, my flight got rescheduled and instead of leaving at 5 was now going to leave at 3:50. That difference in an hour was a lot given the holiday traffic for this weekend so I did not have time to go change after work this morning.
That meant I was wearing an soaking wet betterdry with a northshore doubler. I didn’t have time so I checked in and rushed to security to catch my flight. I didn’t have to remove my shoes, belt or anything. All I had to do was go through the metal detector (this is at Ohare (Chicago) btw). The machine did go off but it was my dress shoes, which I placed on the belt and it was literally 5 minutes from start to finish. No line, no body scan, no patting my crotch with the back of their hand because a slight moisture setting off their machine.
Once past security (because it was so fast) I had time to change quickly before the flight. I just wanted to say thank you, Regina, for that excellent advice that I hope other frequent flyers heed.
I opted to get it and was happy with a very quick turn around. So quick that I was able to apply it to my next business trip. As it happens, my flight got rescheduled and instead of leaving at 5 was now going to leave at 3:50. That difference in an hour was a lot given the holiday traffic for this weekend so I did not have time to go change after work this morning.
That meant I was wearing an soaking wet betterdry with a northshore doubler. I didn’t have time so I checked in and rushed to security to catch my flight. I didn’t have to remove my shoes, belt or anything. All I had to do was go through the metal detector (this is at Ohare (Chicago) btw). The machine did go off but it was my dress shoes, which I placed on the belt and it was literally 5 minutes from start to finish. No line, no body scan, no patting my crotch with the back of their hand because a slight moisture setting off their machine.
Once past security (because it was so fast) I had time to change quickly before the flight. I just wanted to say thank you, Regina, for that excellent advice that I hope other frequent flyers heed.
