Clear [Raises] Registered-traveler Membership Fee to $199
Roger Yu, USA TODAY, 10/15/2008 (excerpted)
Starting Wednesday [October 15], Clear, a registered-traveler program operated by New York City-based Verified Identity Pass, [increased] its annual membership fee to $199 from $128.
The company is raising the price "to reflect the rapidly expanding value (and cost to us) of the Clear network," it says.
The price hike comes several months after the Transportation Security Administration announced that it will no longer require background checks for registered-traveler members and dropped the $28 background check fee it charged Clear and its competitors.
The registered traveler program provides speedy security clearance through separate lines at about 20 airports nationwide for subscribers who pay an annual membership fee.