Have fun flying this summer

[YankeeFan]

TSA lines at ORD and MDW have been crazy lately.

Has anyone flown recently? How were the security lines?

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Chicago appears to the be worst case, as it often is when the subject is air travel. Last flew in January. Picked up and dropped off a bunch of relatives at Logan a few weeks ago, and none complained about 'em. Boston lines can be bad, but not so bad as others because Logan is nobody's hub, so the passengers are more equally spread out among the terminals.

 

[TigerVols]

TSA PreCheck was the best $80 I'll spend all year. #Knownflier rocks!

 

[CD Boogie]

I flew out of Laguardia, JFK, New Orleans, Atlanta and fort Myers, Florida all in the last month and the lines were fine and moved quickly

 

[Michael_ Gee]

If you upgrade to the wider seat rows on JetBlue (the airline I use most and Boston's biggest), PreCheck comes with. It's a good thing.

 

[MisterCreosote]

It's a fluid situation. Call ahead to your airline.

Etc. Etc.

 

[Dyno]

My friend flew out of ORD yesterday afternoon. She has PreCheck and was through security in less than 5 minutes.

 

[BTExpress]

Heard some horror stories about CLT. Even heard about six-hour lines to sign up for PreCheck if you didn't make an appointment.

 

[SFIND]

I flew out of Columbus and Orange County last November. Waited less than 15 minutes through both TSA checkpoints.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

We looked into the international equivalent of PreCheck for our upcoming trip to France. It's a six-MONTH wait for an appointment at Logan to get it.

 

[User 1019]

Precheck was my greatest discovery for 2015. It would be great if I used airports generally busier than Manhattan, Kansas City and Wichita and Montgomery.

 

[swingline]

Wife flew out of St. Louis yesterday and said it was easy and quick, even in the middle of the afternoon. Connection in Salt Lake City was the same.

 

[TyWebb]

Hartsfield in Atlanta is even more of a ****show than it usually is. I can usually get through security in about 30-45 minutes. Took me a full two hours getting on a flight two weeks ago.

 

[YankeeFan]

Hartsfield in Atlanta is even more of a ****show than it usually is. I can usually get through security in about 30-45 minutes. Took me a full two hours getting on a flight two weeks ago.

Atlanta -- like Midway (Vegas is another one) -- where the entire airport enters through one security checkpoint. Hate airports like that.

 

[JC]

Flew out of LAX on the weekend and it was fine.

 

[TyWebb]

Atlanta -- like Midway (Vegas is another one) -- where the entire airport enters through one security checkpoint. Hate airports like that.

I thought I had a good trick for this, going in through the international terminal secruity checkpoint and working my way back to domestic. That secret, it seems, is out.

 

[Moderator1]

Have to go to a wedding in Columbus this summer. Thinking of driving the 500 or so miles because flying is such a ginormous pain in the ass.
Plus, I can take my dog.

I miss a lot about my wild and crazy writing days. I don't miss the travel. It's fun for a while and then suddenly you realize it really isn't.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Terorrists could get more damage done blowing up one of those lines than blowing up a plane. Nice job, TSA.

 

[BTExpress]

Thank you, Allegiant, for starting flights in my town to Fort Lauderdale. I can use the tiny regional airport much closer to me (and whose only commercial airline is Allegiant). Already starting to dread having to go to the "real" airport this fall.

 

[dixiehack]

TSA lines at ORD and MDW have been crazy lately.

Has anyone flown recently? How were the security lines?

It's been more than 20 years since I flew out of Midway. I see it still looks like an old, extra-large Kmart.