No REALID could cost $45 fee

Name: No REALID could cost $45 fee
Uploaded: 2025-12-01T22:19:34.000Z
Duration: 1 min 29 s
Description: Starting February 1, travelers without a REAL ID or other acceptable form of identification will incur a $45 fee at airport security checkpoints.

Starting February 1, travelers without a REAL ID or other acceptable form of identification will incur a $45 fee at airport security checkpoints.

Posted 12/1/2025, 10:19:34 PM Updated 12/1/2025, 11:00:05 PM

STORY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT

COULD IMPACT YOU THE NEXT TIME

YOU HEAD TO THE AIRPORT.

>> NEW TODAY TSA ANNOUNCED IT'S

GOING TO SOON CHARGE A $45 FEE

FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE

ONE OF THESE ARE REAL. I D OR A

COMPLIANT DOCUMENT. THAT'S A

HIKE FROM THE PROPOSED $18

AMOUNT. CARLY EXPLAINS WHAT

THIS MEANS FOR THE BUSY TRAVEL

SEASON.

WITH THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS.

THE LAST ROUNDS OF HOLIDAY

TRAVELERS ARRIVE AT RDU ON THE

OTHER SIDE OF LONG LINES AND

FLIGHT DELAYS. WE'RE SUPPOSED

TO COME HOME.

>> SATURDAY EVENING AT ABOUT

9.30, THAT GOT DELAYED,

DELAYED, DELAYED. THERE IS AS

SUNDAY MORNING AT 07:00AM

DELAYED, DELAYED, DELAYED.

SO WE JUST THREW IN THE TOWEL

INSIDE TO COME HOME TODAY,

THERE MAY BE EVEN MORE TRAVEL

TURBULENCE IN THE NEW YEAR FOR

THOSE WITHOUT A REAL ID.

>> TODAY TSA ANNOUNCED STARTING

FEBRUARY FIRST PASSENGERS

WITHOUT ACCEPTABLE ID'S WILL

HAVE TO PAY A $45 FEE TO GET

THROUGH SECURITY. TSA SAID IT

WILL COVER THE COSTS TO OPERATE

ITS ALTERNATIVE VERIFICATION

SYSTEM. RIGHT NOW, A LITTLE

MORE THAN HALF OF NORTH

CAROLINIANS HAVE A REAL ID WHO

IS REMAINING WHO ALSO DON'T

HAVE ANOTHER APPROVED

IDENTIFICATION CAN EXPECT

DELAYS BEYOND THEIR FLIGHTS.

AND ONCE AGAIN, CARLY HAYNES

REPORTING TSA RECOMMENDING

PEOPLE PAY THE FEE ONLINE

THROUGH A FUTURE. TSA

>> BEFORE COMING TO THE

AIRPORT, OTHERWISE PASSENGERS

CAN STILL PAY AT THE AIRPORT.

IT JUST MIGHT TAKE BETWEEN 10

TO 30 MINUTES FOR TSA TO VERIFY