CLEAR Becomes an Official TSA PreCheck® Enrollment Provider

CLEAR Becomes an Official TSA PreCheck® Enrollment Provider

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is expanding TSA PreCheck® with CLEAR, which is now offering TSA PreCheck enrollment services at participating airports. This means that you can sign up for CLEAR and TSA PreCheck® at the same time, no appointment necessary.

You can also get a discount when you sign up for both. You will pay just $199.95 for 5 years of TSA PreCheck® and your first year of CLEAR Plus. Normally they would cost $266.95 if you applied separately. But you can get them both for free through several premium credit cards. Here’s the list of cards that gets you free CLEAR Plus, and free TSA PreCheck.

CLEAR now offers in-person TSA PreCheck enrollments and renewals at the following airports:

• Orlando International Airport (MCO) from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. ET daily
• Sacramento International Airport (SMF) Sunday through Friday from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. and Saturday from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. PT daily
• Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. ET daily.

Travelers will enroll at CLEAR’s dedicated TSA PreCheck airport enrollment pods. CLEAR will expand enrollment locations over time to additional CLEAR airport locations. You can visit the TSA PreCheck program’s official website for more information about renewing or enrolling in TSA PreCheck and to find enrollment locations and pricing information for all TSA PreCheck enrollment providers.

CLEAR Plus will be ready to use immediately after sign-up. On the other hand, most TSA PreCheck® applicants receive their KTN (Known Traveler Number) in 3-5 days.

Following today’s announcement, TSA PreCheck members may renew their memberships online with CLEAR, IDEMIA or Telos, regardless of who they enrolled with initially. 

Enrollment providers will just submit applicant information to TSA, but it is TSA that makes the final determination regarding an individual’s eligibility to participate in the TSA PreCheck program.

About TSA PreCheck

TSA’s wait time benchmarks for TSA PreCheck lanes are under 10 minutes and under 30 minutes for standard lanes. TSA PreCheck members are able to wear their shoes, belts and light jackets through screening, and they can keep their laptops and 3-1-1 liquids in their carry-on bags.

TSA first launched the TSA PreCheck program as a DHS Trusted Traveler Program for low-risk travelers in December 2013. Since then, active membership in the program has grown to more than 19 million passengers.

In May 2023, the agency announced that teenagers aged 13-17 may now accompany TSA PreCheck-enrolled parents or guardians through TSA PreCheck screening when traveling on the same reservation and when the TSA PreCheck indicator appears on the teen’s boarding pass. Children 12 and under may accompany an enrolled parent or guardian in the TSA PreCheck lanes without restriction.