Author: The Traveling Professor/Friday, May 13, 2016/Categories: Travel Tips
First of all, flyers can view the security wait times for any US airport at this site: http://apps.tsa.dhs.gov/mytsa/wait_times_home.aspx
Here are The Professor's tips to get to your airplane seat quickly:
Print Out Boarding Pass Before Getting to Airport: An alternative is store a digital scanned boarding pass on a smartphone.
Carry-On Bags Only: Checking luggage requires waiting on a line, a long line in some cases.
Get a Credit Card Offering Priority Boarding and Preferred Security Lines: Some major airlines provide expedited security lines for preferred passengers. Cards like the MasterCard Elite World Traveler provide this benefit.
Fly Out of a Smaller Airport: The terminals with the longest security wait times are going to be the big ones like LAX, JFK, CLT, and DFW. I recently flew out of Chattanooga (CHA) where 9 passengers were doted on by 11 TSA agents for a 7 am weekday flight. Similar service can be found at other smaller airports.
Get in a Program like TSA Pre-Check: But act quickly, appointments are backed up. Apply here.
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