TSA to charge $45 fee for travelers without REAL ID
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REAL ID-compliant IDs are now needed to board federally regulated commercial aircrafts, and if you don't have one, a fee is in your future.
The TSA announced Monday that fliers who don't have an acceptable REAL ID or passport can pay a $45 fee and use Confirm.ID to verify their identities.
U.S. flyers arriving at the airport without a REAL ID will be offered the option to pay $45 for an alternative process to prove their identities.
Airline passengers traveling without a REAL ID or a passport will have to pay a $45 fine starting Feb. 1. The Transportation Security Administration announced that anyone going through airport security checkpoints without the right type of ID will need to verify their identity through a biometric or biographic system.