Comment by brewdad
3 days ago
I’ve seen airports where Clear is slower than Precheck. It’s all dependent on your local airport and the types of travelers it tends to attract. My home airport still has pretty quick Precheck lines. My last flight, I needed to check a bag. I walked into the terminal 70 minutes before departure (not my plan). I had my bag checked, through security, and seated at my gate 55 minutes before departure. I haven’t always been so lucky but the odds were in my favor that day.
This is PDX, not the biggest airport but not a tiny one either.
I had Clear and my girlfriend didn’t and we raced. She did win sometimes, but always when the lines are so short you don’t care much anyway. I’ve yet to see a situation where the lines were long and Clear isn’t much faster.
She ended up getting it after the last incident.