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Re:How To Fly Without ID by rdouble on Sunday August 16, 2009 @02:02PM (#766401)
I lost all of my identification one day before a series of domestic flights in the United States in Nov 2008. I was flying SFO <-> MSP and SFO <-> TUS.

If you are flying domestic between MSP and SFO during the holidays I highly recommend not bringing your ID. TSA simply put some marks on my boarding passes and make me go through special screening. It was better than the usual customer experience during the holiday flight season because the "terrorist aisle" was much shorter than the normal path through security. I wouldn't recommend it in PHX or TUS. The TSA agents there seemed to be people who really wanted to be Minutemen Militia border guards but weren't smart enough to get in.

Re:How To Fly Without ID by bounce on Monday August 17, 2009 @02:02PM (#768677)
I did something similar recently on a 5 city trip from SFO and I would not recommend it. Depending on the airport you could be in for some MAJOR hassle. I had an expired ID and I brought in mail from my current address along with credit cards. A couple of the airports it took a 15min longer than the regular line (they call over supervisor now), and a few of the airports DHS called up to 5 friends with a long list of questions to verify who I was. Who wants DHS calling their friends and associates, I sure don't.

I flew with 0 ID a couple years ago and it was like having a zip pass to get through the line. Times have changed.