Starting Sunday, if you do not have proper identification it will cost you a little more to fly. Travelers that do not present an acceptable form of identification at the security checkpoint will have to pay a new $45 “Identity Verification Fee.”
TSA spokesperson Gervais Joubert on what is considered an acceptable form of ID to fly.
“That includes a REAL ID, a passport, a trusted traveler card, a military ID and there are several others that are on our list on TSA.gov,” Joubert said.
If you do not have a valid ID to get through the security checkpoint at the airport, travelers can visit TSA’s website to fill out a mandatory identity verification form. Joubert says the processing fee costs $45.
“Once you complete the payment process, you will get a proof of purchase, which brings you to the next step, bring that proof of purchase to the airport and present it at the checkpoint, once you get to that point, you can check the identity verification process,” Joubert said.
The verification is valid for 10 days starting from the date of the initial flight. According to the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, nearly one-point-six million people in Louisiana have a Real ID compliant drivers license or ID card.
Joubert said 6% of Americans do not have the proper documents to get through a TSA checkpoint at the airport.