If you use air travel greater than zero times a year (meaning at all), you know that sometimes the waits at security check points can be agonizingly long. A service called CLEAR allows you to bypass most of the security line and get though in just a few minutes.
I was in Orlando earlier in the year and the line ups for security had hundreds of people in them. Most were infrequent travelers which meant that it took them longer to get through security. Most were also upset that they were probably going to miss their flights because they hadn't anticipated the long waits to get through ticketing, then the longer waits to clear security. Kids were crying, parents were cursing (or was it the other way around?) and no one was having a pleasant experience....except for those of us bypassing it all by using a kiosk and heading right to a dedicated screening line where we got through it all in just a few minutes.
Traveling via air these days is a real nightmare and you can have sweeter dreams if you get yourself a CLEAR card. It costs about $130 a year. If you quote my referral code (which I can send you if you contact me at website@infoadvisors.com )
at registration, you'll get 13 months for the price of 12...and I get an extra month added to my account, too. It's a win-win situation.
Right now CLEAR operates at about 20 major airports, with more being added frequently. You do need to be a US Citizen or US Permanent resident to enroll today, but I think that will expand to Canada sometime soon.
Wouldn't you rather be sitting in the lounge, having a cold one than standing in line waiting for the guy in front of you to figure out how to take off his belt and shoes at the same time without dropping his drawers in front of everyone?
You'll want this card, even if you only make a few trips a year.