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Re:The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal by wildzzz on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:20AM (#46867233)
I am a white male and have TSA pre-check and after walking through the metal detector, maybe one out of several times I get randomly selected for the body scanner. I've never gotten the dreaded SSSS though. I've very rarely traveled alone not on a work trip and never alone on a one way ticket so maybe that helps.
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Re:The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal by monksy on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:46AM (#46867396)
I get it not infrequently when travelling from europe. It's annoying that they pretend that "oh this is random" .. I'm even going up to the airport employees at hte gate and telling them "I'm told I'm here to make new friends today"
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Re:The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal by ZeWaka on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:41AM (#46867366)
White male who always flies alone and on one-ways here, never gotten SSSS.
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Re:The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal by mckckvkdnn on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @08:32AM (#46870757)
Snowden leaked the criteria of when you get SSSS. It’s about 15 things that can trigger it. For example, flying business class with your family.
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