How to handle the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) when you fly in 2024
For many air travelers, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening is the most dreaded part of the journey.
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The banned items TSA security fails to detect will blow your mind
Did you hear about the guy who tried to spirit a .40 caliber rifle past Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents in Baltimore? He blamed his mother for packing the weapon in his carry-on bag. True story.
TSA PreCheck members fume as their lines get longer
It happened to Andy Lundberg when he was flying recently from Kansas City to Baltimore on Southwest Airlines. A Transportation Security Administration screener pointed him to the PreCheck line, where he waited behind a dozen other frequent travelers with the agency’s trusted traveler designation.
Treated badly by the TSA? Get in line
TSA agents are getting ruder, and it’s time to do something about it. So say an increasing number of air travelers, citing their own experiences of being harassed and harangued by the screeners who are supposed to be helping them.
The TSA’s new pat-downs get too personal for some
When Barbara Leary went through the full-body scanner at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport recently, her hip replacements set off the alarm. She was directed to another line, where she underwent a physical search by a Transportation Security Administration agent.
Transport Security Administration (TSA) Customer Service Contacts
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that has authority over the security of the traveling public in the United States. It has a customer service responsiveness rating of 3 out of 5.
Admit it, you don’t care what the TSA does to you anymore!
The TSA is having a heckuva summer. From a new “trusted” traveler system it’s pushing on passengers, to a peculiar new rule.
Losing TSA Pre-Check is easy, but just try getting it back
The TSA can’t stop talking about its new Pre-Check program, it offers air travelers preferred screening status.
Is the TSA’s PreCheck program ready for what comes next?
The Transportation Security Administration’s vaunted new PreCheck system, which offers selected air travelers access to expedited security screening, is hurtling toward its first big test: a crowd of spring break passengers, quickly followed by a crush of inexperienced summer vacationers.
What’s wrong with TSA airport security?
If airport security is so good, why do passengers feel so bad?