Verified Identity Pass’s Clear Registered Traveler has been approved by Transportation Security Administration as a Registered Traveler Service Provider for the nation, it was announced today.
Clear is the nation’s first Registered Traveler Service Provider to receive official Transportation Security Administration approval.
The Clear Registered Traveler program has been a pilot program at the Orlando International Airport since July 19, 2005. Passengers who hold a Clear membership are able to go through a special security line at Orlando that identifies them through a fingerprint or eyeball scan.
The program is set to be implemented at Cincinnati International Airport; Indianapolis International Airport; Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport; and Terminal 7 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.
There are 32,000 Clear members, and membership costs $99.95 a year.
Verified Identity Pass‘s Clear Registered Traveler is the first privately run registered traveler program operating at U.S. airports.