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New TSA program allows passengers to skip long lines

ByLaura AnthonyKGO logo
Saturday, May 21, 2016
New TSA program allows passengers to skip long lines

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Airport traffic is increasing here in the Bay Area and around the country. That's causing long lines at the TSA security checkpoints.

But as ABC7 News reporter Laura Anthony explains a new system, TSA Precheck, is a way around those lines but only for those who can afford it.

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