Iris Scans Let You Fly through Airport Security

Frequent fliers now have a high-tech way to beat those long airport security lines.

I say “frequent” fliers, because you really only want to consider this if you fly more than a few times a year.

But if you are a frequent flier, the long-awaited iris scans may be a welcome relief from those long security lines.

Ask yourself this: Would you pay $128 to get through airport security in four minutes or less?

If the answer is yes, keep reading.

Now offered at over a dozen major airports nationwide (including Washington’s Reagan National and Dulles), the Clear fast pass allows you to go through a special lane, press your pass against a reader, and get your finger and the iris in your eye scanned.

Yeah, you’ll still have to take off your shoes, put your carry-ons, computer, watch, etc., through the scanner. That whole rigamarole won’t change.

But instead of waiting 20 minutes or longer in a line of 50-100 people, you’ll be in a line of like, one or two.

Interested?

• Contact Clear at 866-848-2415. Or go to www.flyclear.com and enroll online.
• Go to a Clear enrollment center to give them your fingerprints and do an iris scan.
• If, after about 10 days, if the TSA decides you’re not a security risk, Clear will send you a card with a biometric chip you can use at the special lane at participating airports.

Passes are valid for one year. Free passes are given to active-duty military members, and federal workers get an extra month free.

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