You know that express line at the airport to get past the security line? It's run by Fly Clear and, uhm, yeah, maybe it's a little bit elitist but it is SOOOOOOOOOO worth it.
It's saved my butt a couple of times while travelling with the little monkey-man (my 1.5 year old son). Last time, with a 30min+ security line, it was:
"I thought you had his bottle."
"I thought you had it."
"Crap, it's in the car!"
We either would have had an insanely pissed off baby the whole flight or I would have missed the flight going back to get the bottle. Instead, I jogged back to the car (5min) and spent 1min on the security line since I came back with no carry on bags. It makes planning your departure time for any flight as easy as it can be (30min to the airport, 10min to park, 10min to check in, 5min for security line ... I need to leave 1hr before my flight, don't need to pad my travel time to account for a long security line, it's always easy-peasy).
Here's my shameless self promotion: if you sign up, use this discount code: SCB62439.
It'll get you A FREE EXTRA MONTH's SERVICE (and it'll get me one too). It even works when you renew an existing membership
I recommend you use the service whether you use my code or not. It's better for everyone from an macro economic standpoint. Security knows that I am me when I show up and use my fingerprint to get on board, they know that I'm not some guy who stole my driver's license. They know my background has been checked out and that I'm a low security risk. It makes sense to spend more time on other people than it does on me, so why not let me through faster and make the line shorter for everyone else?
My only word of caution would be is that if you got away with some crimes in the past, and someone might have your fingerprints on file but never matched them to you, your fingerprints etc. will now be in the ultimate big brother database. So, if you're going to rob a bank or something in the future be sure to wear gloves...