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California could ban Clear, which lets travelers pay to skip TSA lines
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Nobody (at the time of my writing) is reading the article or understand what Clear is or what this new law is doing.
Important quote from the article:
"Newman said his bill, SB-1372, doesn't seek to prohibit Clear from operating its own dedicated security lines separate from other passengers."
Clear could set up their own end-to-end security (which would cost them more) but would be even faster to get through because they would bypass regular TSA security and scanning lines, which isn't what is happening today.
That would defeat the business model - they don’t want to pay to do security, they want to be paid to walk you to security. If they did security and took the liability associated, this would be a great service.
I agree that their current business model wouldn't work, but their current model only has limited value anyway. I would say it changes the best possible business model for Clear to choose to operate more like Delta SkyPriority where there is a whole separate line from beginning of security to the end, not just the first step of the line, which is what Clear does today.
Hmm I feel like it would be difficult for a private company to get approved to take over the TSAs job. It would create a conflict of interest- Clear would want to get people through as quick as possible for as cheap as possible.
You misunderstand. It would still be TSA staff, however they would be dedicated to Clear members. Who would pay for it would likely be Clear.
Delta does this already with their SkyPriority service. It is a separate security line specifically for Delta First class (or Skypriority member) passengers. No amount of Clear, TSA Pre will get you into that dedicated line.
As long as there are fewer Clear customers, they can essentially jump ahead of the folks in line for TSA Pre. For folks that travel on airplanes as a living, every moment counts, and they're willing to spend whatever to cut out delays. Further, some concierge services and high end credit cards offer Clear subscriptions included. Others are business travelers and just charge their Clear subscription to their business expenses.
Its certainly not worth it to me, and I've never been a Clear customer.