Reply to CA law looking to abolish Clear

Forum Index » Travel Discussion

Reply to "CA law looking to abolish Clear "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Equal access to a government security line- that’s socialism [/quote]

It’s not about “equal access” because it has nothing to do with banning/abolishing Precheck, which by its very nature isn’t “equal”. Clear is a private company that gets you past even Precheck.

And even this bill doesn’t abolish Clear, it’s asking that they get their own line in order to keep operating, not cutting in front of other pax in the TSA lines. I see no problem here.

I’m a frequent flyer for work and my whole family has Global Entry/Precheck but we’ve never sprung for Clear. I was just somewhere, can’t remember where, in the Precheck line close to the front and then had to wait for a Clear pax, who had priority and got in front of me. Then another. Then another. Then another. Just when I would think it would be me, another person would come up, probably a dozen, at least. I see no problem with a private company having to pay for their own line, considering they make money from it.[/quote]

A line though a government line for people who can pay a third party usher them through is ridiculous. [/quote]

Why? I genuinely don’t understand why people want to ban it. [/quote]

Because it offends basic elementary school rules- nobody likes a line cutter.[/quote]

When was the last time you went to an amusement park like Disney World? This is a well established practice.[/quote]

You are not lining up at Disneyworld for a government-run and -mandated security check. That’s the difference.[/quote]

The CA government allows a lot of people to cut corners, such as making an appointment in advance at the DMV. Not everyone has internet access to be able to do that. And nobody is forcing you to travel by air, you're free to take other modes of transportation if "line cutting" is so galling.

[/quote]

But the difference is, once again, that Clear is a private enterprise. There is no reason to facilitate it at all when TSA precheck exists, but there’s certainly no reason to facilitate it by allowing people with Clear to physically cut in front of other travelers. Seems pretty clear from reports on here that if Clear always had separate lines, they would often be longer, meaning it could not compete and would go out of business.[/quote]

No the lines would be longer for the only TSA pre people.  As they'd just take a current TSA Pre and Clear line and make it TSA PRE and CLEAR Only line.  Routing the tsapre only people to another line that already exists.  So you'd wait longer.

In reality, if you don't like people "Cutting" in front of you, you are free to purchase clear and enjoy the perks.  Just like you chose to purchase TSA pre so you don't have to stand in the hour long line and remove your shoes/electronics/etc.  It's a choice.  If you don't want to pay you don't have to
[/quote]

I don't actually have a strong opinion on it, because I have Clear and have found it mostly not worthwhile recently, like the linked article from the OP. I get it for free from a credit card and would not pay anything for it out of pocket at this point.

That said, I honestly think the substantive issue is quite literally the discomfort of the line cutting- having someone physically step in front of you. It feels deeply offensive to people. In a way that just having totally separate lines doesn't. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics