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| REAL ID: TSA tells Americans their Costco cards won't fly at airport security despite love for hot dogs |
| 2025-06-07 |
| [FoxNews] The REAL ID requirement took effect May 7 amid some confusion The Transportation Security Administration clarified this week that a Costco membership card is not sufficient to present at airport security. Neither is a CC card. But I can vote with one. "We love hotdogs & rotisserie chickens as much as the next person but please stop telling people their Costco card counts as a REAL ID because it absolutely does not," the TSA wrote on Facebook Wednesday. The reminder comes less than a month after the U.S. began requiring a REAL ID driver's license when flying domestically May 7. Aside from REAL IDs, which have enhanced federal standards, domestic flyers can also use their passports or another federally-approved form of identification like Defense Department-issued IDs (but not a Costco card). "Department of Defense IDs for active and retired military continue to be an acceptable form of ID at TSA checkpoints following the implementation of REAL ID last month," the TSA wrote on Facebook Thursday. REAL IDs were available for years before the requirement went into effect after a 2005 law passed based on recommendations from the 9/11 Commission report. With many procrastinating until shortly before the deadline, DMV centers were inundated with long lines in April and early May, and there was confusion about what forms of identification, such as a passport, birth certificate or Social Security card, were acceptable at a DMV to secure a REAL ID. Related: Transportation Security Administration: 2025-04-20 Top Trump agency hypes importance of REAL ID enforcement, citing one key reason Transportation Security Administration: 2025-03-10 DHS: major TSA change to shorten airport security wait times Transportation Security Administration: 2024-11-14 President Trump: Tulsi Gabbard will serve as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 Had to order a Certified Birth Cert copy to renew my DL this time. The actual Birth Cert wasn't acceptable. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-06-07 13:19 |
| #1 Retired military ID is real ID. |
| Posted by: Difar Dave 2025-06-07 13:09 |