TSA Touchless ID Will Put CLEAR Out Of Business
I just experienced the new TSA Touchless ID checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and am convinced this will put CLEAR out of business.
When I checked in for my United Airlines flight up to Seattle yesterday, I was asked if I wanted to opt-in to “TSA Touchless ID.” I said yes, but (at that point) was not even sure what it was. A green head showed up next to the PreCheck logo on my digital boarding pass:
When I got to LAX, I walked up the CLEAR kiosks, as I always do, and found a line of three people in front of me. A CLEAR agent walked up and scanned my boarding pass. She stopped for a moment and then said, “You have Touchless ID. It will be faster if you go over there [pointing to a special lane next to the PreCheck lane].”
I walked up to the TSA agent and stopped, staring into the camera. A few seconds later, he told me, “Go ahead. You’re going to go.”
