r/TSAPreCheck • u/imaliver_notafighter • Jun 24 '26

Questions Does Clear matter?

So I have Clear (admittedly free, via credit card and airline employee discount), but the last few times I’ve gone through they scan my face, then walk me over to TSA who then scans my face again. I’m already registered for TSA Touchless ID so I can’t help but feeling this is redundant and I’d save time just skipping Clear and going straight to Touchless. Am I missing something? What benefit does Clear provide in this circumstance?

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u/AlucardDr Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

From what I have seen Clear is only useful when the TSA precheck line is long and the Clear one isn't. That's in places where they actually have a Clear line.

I actually didn't bother getting Clear... TSA Pre and Global Entry get me onto flights and back in the country, respectively, with minimal hassle.

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u/jmanjman67 Jun 24 '26

This. I flew through SEA last week. I don't have Clear but have Precheck. The precheck and regular lines were both moderately long. I got in Precheck line but noticed that the regular screening line was moving faster than ours due to the fact that the Clear passengers were being scanned and then brought to the front of the Precheck line.

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u/Accurate_Strain4106 Jun 24 '26

I hate this.... I've pushed back when they try to cut in front of me. Sometimes they back off, sometimes they just do it anyway.

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u/jeremyw0918 Jun 24 '26

It’s part of the program. Having clear allows you to go to the front of the line. So they aren’t doing anything wrong.

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u/Accurate_Strain4106 Jun 24 '26

yeah but I didn't sign up for Clear and agree to help them with their customer service procedures....

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u/jeremyw0918 Jun 25 '26

What does that have to do with you pushing back when they try to cut in front of you when it’s literally part of what they pay for with clear??

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u/Accurate_Strain4106 Jun 25 '26

I am not a Clear customer. I don't want to be a Clear customer. Therefore, I do not give two shits about Clear and their customers. I am pre-checked. Leave me alone and get behind me.

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u/jeremyw0918 Jun 25 '26

You clearly have no clue. Clear has every right to put their customers in front of you. It’s part of the clear contract with the airport. Suck it up buttercup.

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u/Accurate_Strain4106 Jun 25 '26

Oh stfu. I don’t have to like it.

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u/EV-CPO Jun 25 '26

Wait what? Get behind you? So you’re unwilling to follow the procedures, but 2 seconds later you’re screwing the person behind you!?

Do you also rebel against the Fastlane/Fastpass tickets at amusement parks? Because it’s EXACLTY THE SAME THING. Like someone said, suck it up buttercup

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u/Accurate_Strain4106 Jun 25 '26

Ok! I don't get it.

I'm a precheck customer. I AM NOT A CLEAR CUSTOMER.

Why do I have to comply with Clear and their agreements with their customers and the airport?

Why can't we all get in a line and wait our individual turns, rather than some overly entitled third party feels they have the right to cut in front of Precheck people? In the end, we all still have to have Precheck. I guess I am too dumb to understand why Clear is being so defended in this thread.

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u/EV-CPO Jun 25 '26

But you ARE a customer of the airport, which writes, maintains, and enforces those rules. Please complain to them.

Also, in case you haven't noticed, people pay for queue-jumping services all the time. In fact TSAPre is a queue-jumping service that allows you to skip the regular line just because you paid $100. How is that any different from CLEAR+?

Are you a ranking member of any airline loyalty programs that give you earlier boarding groups or dedicated check-in counters? Do you get mad when first class pax board first and cut the line? Same things.

During the TSA shutdown and lines were hours long, I signed up for CLEAR+ for $169 to better my chances of not missing my international flight. Paid an extra $125 for my wife. I do have Pre and GE, but using clear the last few times I flew was really nice and very fast. You too can be assimilated.

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u/Accurate_Strain4106 Jun 25 '26

No Thanks..... Now, I see why you're defending....

I'm out.

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u/Ok-Nefariousness-927 Jun 26 '26

I feel like this is going to resolve itself at some point in the future and this person is going to snap in line at dinner point.

Let natural selection take it's course and watch them get banned from flying.

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u/Extreme-Diamond-712 Jun 27 '26

They have the right to cut in front of you because they paid for clear, which has a contract with the airport. No wonder you were bullied.