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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm for it. Not sure why they are allowed to bump TSA Pre passengers who have paid TSA to be pre-cleared.[/quote]

It's because of the weird dynamics of airport spaces, where everything up to the TSA ID checker is airport property and responsibility, and then the checkpoint itself is Federal/TSA "territory". TSA doesn't actually control the way the people get to them.

So the airports have this perverse incentive because Clear pays them a portion of the Clear fee to get the real estate at the airport for their machines and staff, and for the "cut the line" access. That's why it's not at every airport or terminal. Delta and United are major investors/partners of Clear, so it's in every terminal that they control/manage, if they have that authority from the airport agreement. But American has blocked Clear at its terminals in some airports.

So in a way it's an outgrowth of the balkanized levels of government in the US, and how each level sometimes has different priorities.[/quote]

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