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You may get a pleasant surprise on your next trip when you arrive at your local Transportation Security Administration checkpoint: No boarding pass is required.Get more news about boarding pass manufacturers,you can vist our website!
At a rapidly expanding number of airports, the TSA staff is using the Credential Authentication Technology system to scan your driver's license or other government identification. The system authenticates the identification, confirms the flight reservation associated with the ID, checks for pre-screening status such as TSA PreCheck and cross-references it with security alerts. It does all of this without you needing to present your boarding pass.
During the past three years, the TSA has installed more than 1,600 CAT units in 175 airports, according to TSA spokesperson Lorie Dankers. The number of airports using the system has grown nearly 50% from the number the TSA reported just last year.
The time saved by passengers not having to fumble with phone screens or search pockets for a paper boarding pass should increase the speed of screening and reduce the time spent standing in TSA lines. On a crowded day, this new system could save you 10-15 minutes of wait time.
To help you better understand the new system and how it can affect your next airport visit, TPG reviewed details of the updated screening process and looked at the system's implementation at U.S. airports.No, just your ID," the TSA agent told me when I arrived at the screening kiosk at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), crumpled paper boarding pass in hand. It was probably the 100th time he said those words that day, but he nodded and said "thanks" when I complimented him on the cool new system. "It definitely helps," he said.
The TSA agent swiped my driver's license in the scanner, as you would a credit card, and checked the information on his screen. While I couldn't see the displays on his monitor, the TSA CAT website outlines the information presented for the TSA agent to review.
The CAT screen shows the TSA agent a larger photo to help check that the passenger's physical appearance matches the photo on the ID. The system cross-references the passenger's ID with any no-fly lists or current security alerts, then reviews the Trusted Traveler programs in which the person is enrolled. Once the system confirms the passenger's flight details, it verifies that the person is checked in on a flight departing that day before the passenger is permitted to proceed to the screening area.