foxcreek9
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If you have Global Entry, that card is Real ID compliant.
We just went with a standard license here in Washington state. The standard license was $54 for six years and could be renewed online. The Real ID was $78 and required a bunch of paperwork and a visit to the DOL. We rarely travel by plane (last time was 2016) and already have passports if needed, so the standard licenses work fine for us.
Passport cards aren't free though, they cost more than most DL renewals at $65. Good to have though!
Only $30 to renew one.
I think that is a reasonable approach for those of us who rarely or never use air travel domestically. For international travel you need a passport anyway, so I don’t actually see any particular benefit of REAL ID. Unless, of course, ID additional processes (banks, liquor stores, etc) start requiring it. So far, that hasn’t happened as far as I know.
I had to show a RealID when refinancing my mortgage in 2020. I used my passport. Not sure that was a legal requirement or my mortgage broker covering herself.
I renewed my driver's license recently, and there was no Real ID fee, or any option to do otherwise. All renewals in FL since 2020 require the Real ID version. Easy peasy, no "worth it" decision. Just made my appointment, went to the DMV, and now I'm all set.
Passports are a world of hurt to replace. DL's far less pain. The odds of losing ID/Wallet on a trip are not zero. So if/when that happens to me, I'd rather it be my DL than my Passport.
Pro-tip: I keep an old copy of my license in an enclosed pocket of a jacket I wear when flying. If I ever lose my ID when traveling, at least I've got something to make it a bit easier to prove I'm me, even if it doesn't truly count.
ETA: Yes, you need some paperwork and ID - check your state DMV site. I think a passport counts, voter ID card, other stuff to prove address. I got a new copy of my SS card also as I couldn't find mine. It was a good exercise in itself to location and centralize various documents. I did all that about a month before my DL appointment.
My new one expires in 8 years, just like the prior period.
However, I will carry my Global Entry card, as it has my TSA precheck attached.
TSA Precheck is always shown on my boarding pass, whether on paper or on my phone. As long as the airline has your preferred traveler number they will include Precheck.
And now that GE is transitioning to facial recognition, I think carrying the card will become a thing of the past.
Yes, unless your boarding pass says Precheck TSA won't accept it for the Precheck line. I saw them deny someone with a GE card just last month. They said it must be on the boarding pass - go see the airline.
TSA PreCheck® and Global Entry are both Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Trusted Traveler Programs. TSA PreCheck® provides expedited security screening benefits for flights departing from U.S. Airports. Global Entry provides expedited U.S. customs screening for international air travelers when entering the United States. Global Entry members also receive TSA PreCheck® benefits as part of their membership. For more information on all of the DHS Trusted Traveler Programs use the DHS interactive Trusted Traveler Tool.
This is odd, because GE includes TSA PreCheck.
This is odd, because GE includes TSA PreCheck. https://www.tsa.gov/travel/frequent...-between-global-entry-tsa-precheckr-and-other
Yes, unless your boarding pass says Precheck TSA won't accept it for the Precheck line. I saw them deny someone with a GE card just last month. They said it must be on the boarding pass - go see the airline.
*e.g. my 87 yr old mother gets it when she travels on the same reservation with me and DH. I guess between her age and our having KTNs, they figure she's a low risk.
At some point I remember being told that PreCheck passengers couldn't count 100% on seeing it on every boarding pass. Some kind of statistical thing where they want to inspect us once in a while.This is how it works. One time the airline or my work travel messed something up, and when I printed my pass the TSA Pre check mark was missing. Didn't matter that I am Pre. ...
I think that is a reasonable approach for those of us who rarely or never use air travel domestically. For international travel you need a passport anyway, so I don’t actually see any particular benefit of REAL ID. Unless, of course, ID additional processes (banks, liquor stores, etc) start requiring it. So far, that hasn’t happened as far as I know.
Not odd, because Precheck is what appears on your boarding pass. There are multiple ways to get it, GE being one of them.
The point is simply that it must be on your boarding pass, the airline is who puts it there, and you providing your trusted traveler number to the airline is how they know to do it.
I read about this, where businesses could get customer information including address from the mag stripe. So when I get a new DL, the first thing I do is to thoroughly go over the stripe with a strong magnet. On the very rare occasion where someone tries to scan it, they say "This license won't scan." and I say "Gee, I don't know why that would be." Game over.... Seems the local gas station had a problem selling to beer to minors and now EVERYONE must be carded (I am 67!). BUT, this is not just "let me see your ID". They scan the back. I have no idea what info is in that code, or what the gas station is doing with it, but I don't like it, and go elsewhere.