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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has had to come out and say what I’d hope reasonably intelligent people would already know. Costco membership cards do not count as REAL IDs. These are not government issued and are good only for shopping at the warehouse club.
The TSA took to X to debunk this rumor. This fallacy pops up almost every year. TSA spokesperson, Lorie Dankers, denied to the rumor that was again perpetuated on the food site, Chowhound in an article it published that was titled “How Your Costco Card Could Save You At The Airport.” Dankers told SFGATE:
Let me tell you something about that. Whoever wrote that story is recycling old material. Essentially, what the process they’re describing is … let’s say you lost your ID and only had a Costco card in your pocket. That would help establish a baseline identity for you. The TSA officer would use that as a starting point to confirm your identity, but they would still have to go through our identity verification process.”
Many years ago, I left my license at a TSA checkpoint. When I had to return home, it was my Costco card along with credit cards and a photo of my passport that allowed me to fly. With the introduction of REAL ID requirements on May 7th, this would not be an acceptable form of identification.
Anthony’s Take: This is bad advice that Chowhound gave its readers. Geta REAL ID or passport if you don’t want to be held up in security.
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