Travelers could pay more and possibly miss a flight if they arrive at the airport without proper identification.<\/p>\n
PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, PA \u2014 The lines are still the same, and the way to get through TSA isn’t changing, unless you don’t have an acceptable form of identification.<\/p>\n
“What the TSA is implementing is a $45 fee for anyone who does not have a REAL ID or does not have the proper documentation like a passport to go through security,” said BJ Teichman, Assistant Executive Director at Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton International Airport.<\/p>\n
A federal law going into effect on February 1 now sees TSA checkpoints at airports across the country requiring flyers to have a REAL ID or another form of identification like a passport or passport card.<\/p>\n
BJ Teichman is the assistant executive director at Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton International Airport.<\/p>\n
With REAL IDs being talked for years, she says travelers through their doors have had little issue with the new rule.<\/p>\n
“If they don’t have the correct documentation, the TSA agent will send them to a kiosk that gives them a short video. The video on it has a barcode, and they can scan that barcode, upload that to their smart phone, pay the $45 fee, and fill out an application,” said Teichman.<\/p>\n
The temporary pass would allow people to fly, but it’s only good for 10 days.<\/p>\n
Kim Bobbs of Smithfield Township says she didn’t have any problems getting her flights figured out. “I don’t have a REAL ID. I use my passport. My husband and I both did. And I think I will get a REAL ID just because I don’t want to take my passport around every time I travel.”<\/p>\n
“A couple of years ago, like whenever they first started talking about it, I didn’t really do anything with it until like this past year,” said Michael Stuckey, lndianapolis.<\/p>\n
Traveling for work, Michael Stuckey got his REAL ID months before the change. He says it not something he thought too much about. “Whatever it required me to add a couple extra pieces of documentation, like, whatever. So it wasn’t too big of a deal.”<\/p>\n