In a previous post I talked about signing up for the Clear lanes at Dulles airport. After much waiting, my card came today – just in time for my flight to our annual conference. Being a total gear head, I wanted to try it immediately.
It’s hard not to love this service. Even after the sticker shock (yes, it is $128.00 per year), I now know it is worth it. On Friday during rush hour it took me – wait for it – all of 300 seconds to clear security. 5 minutes. That’s right. Including biometrics, taking out the laptop, doing the X-Ray machine, everything. I was in a line of exactly two people. And then I was through.
Which means I get to spend an extra 1/2 an hour enjoying my Five Guys. And get in a quick blog post while I was at it.
Wow. Okay, I’m officially an addict. I’ll never be able to go through a regular TSA lane again.
5 minutes, eh? Hmm.. I may be contrarian here, but that’s longer than I expected. Its about the same as the Premier Passenger line when I fly.
I was really hoping for something in the sub-3min range for it to be worth the $100+.
Well I say that now, days before my own rush hour flight to Lagos
Did you see this?
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/05/1539231&from=rss
For those of us that can’t afford no stinkin’ business class tickets (and thus, the premium passenger line), $128 seems like a bargain for me. Now, if they’d only expand it to Atlanta’s Hartsfield . . .