TSA goes High Tech for iPhone Users
July 12, 2010 | Author AirTicket.com
Your flight leaves in 4 hours. Should you leave for the airport now, or do you have a few more minutes to spend with your family or catch up on emails? 
If you’re wondering if the security line is wrapped around the corridor or if you will breeze through in just a few minutes, check your iPhone. My TSA is a new, US Government created app, designed to provide you with this information and more.
Type in the airport or 3 letter code, and the new TSA iPhone app gives you real time airport security wait time on your phone. It also answers many questions about what you can take on the flight in your carry on, what is restricted, what is banned, and fully explains the carry-on liquid rules.
Helpful tips include how to best pack your carry-on for x-ray viewing so that TSA officials can easily see what it contains. Here you’ll find tips like
- Wrap your cords rather than leaving them in a tangle
- Don’t place electronics on top of each other
- Don’t wrap gifts, as TSA officials may have to unwrap them
that will keep things moving along. The iPhone application has tips for dressing, such as wear slip on shoes and place jackets, sweaters, and belts into the bins provided.
iPhone users can go to http://apps.usa.gov/tsa-app/
Non-iPhone users can find this information on the web site, http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/index.shtm
