General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Passports for internal travel????? [View all]Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)I most often fly out of DFW and there's rarely much of a line to get through TSA as there's numerous locations. A 5 min wait is pretty typical even for non-precheck. At Dulles, the only pre-check location is in the middle of the airport and you generally have to walk a good distance to get to it depending on where you are coming from. I usually find it much faster to simply take off my shoes and belt and go through the regular line. So the two airports I travel most to and from it isn't of much use most of the time. It's nice at New York area airports and a few others. Some locations don't offer it and even with those that do they sometimes close it for unknown reasons which has happened a few times.
If you go the Global Entry option, the cost works out to $20 per year and the closest location for me to apply is about a 1 hour round trip. I can't really see the advantage for an occasional traveler, unless maybe JFK is your home airport.