Online - March 21, 2007

Clear Skies

Clear Airport Fast Pass

Today is the longest day of the year, so you’ve got time to kill. Hey, why not stand in an airport security line?

That’ll chew up four hours.

Or you could enroll with Clear, a new airport service that prescreens travelers and gives them access to a special speedy security line. Register for $99.95 per year, and the next time you fly, present your Clear card along witht boarding pass and ID to whiz through all that X-ray unpleasantness.

And you thought the supermarket express lane was exciting.

What’s the catch? Clear has just taken off and is available only in a few (somewhat random) places: Orlando, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, San Jose, New York JFK Terminal 7, and Newark Terminal B. But other airports are coming soon.

So how will you fill all this extra time? You could sample every Lancome age-defying moisturizer in the duty-free shop.

That’s at least 45 minutes.

Available online at flyclear.com.

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