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Give the TSA Your Pertinent Details for Secure Flight...Or Else

Something funny happened when we were checking for a flight last week; a little message popped up saying that we hadn't yet provided our details in coordination with the Secure Flight regulations, and that our travel plans could be cancelled if not provided up to 72 hours before the flight. Well, it was most definitely within that time span so we rushed to input the info they required, even though we swore we had done that when we booked the tickets. Whatever. Secure Flight is cracking down now.

What secure flight requires from travelers is their full name as stated on their ID documents, their birth date and gender. This way, they can properly check you up against no-fly lists and such with plenty of time to pull you from the flight if deemed a threat or if your papers aren't properly in order.

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A Stranded Joan Rivers Asks: 'Do Terrorists Wear Manolo Blahniks?'

The story of Sunday's security breach and flight delays at Newark airport continues to worsen, especially now that we've heard it from the other end, from an arriving flight. But wait, it turns out the confusion inconvenienced a celebrity! Stop the presses!

Good old Joan Rivers was all ready to board her flight from Costa Rica back to Newark—on Continental Airlines, no less—when she was not allowed to fly thanks to heightened security and the fact that the name on her ticket didn't match the one on her passport. Apparently, her passport reads "Joan Rosenberg AKA Joan Rivers," and we don't even see how her local passport-issuing agency let that fly. Still, the issues at Newark over the weekend combined with the TSA "Secure Flight" rules, which requires the name on your ticket to match the one on your ID, almost stranded her in Central America with only $100 in cash.

It just gets better! ...

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The Need-To-Know Basics About TSA's 'Secure Flight' Program

These days, when the TSA announces a new security measure, we are ready to be confused and inconvenienced by it. Their "Secure Flight" program began in much this way as well, with the TSA frustrating travelers with demands for complete names on tickets and a disclosure of birthdate and gender.

But as Secure Flight progresses, we've barely noticed the changes as we fly about the country, and nothing has tripped us up quit yet. Nonetheless, it's important to know what airport security is doing when they scrutinize your ticket and how to handle any possible issues as Secure Flight zeros in on whether or not you are possibly terrorist.

After the jump, the basics of what you need to know about Secure Flight.

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TSA's Secure Flight Program Advances, Asks 'A,S,L?'

We sure hope there's going to be an "all of the above" choice come tomorrow's new institution of TSA "Secure Flight" procedures, which involve disclosing your full name, birthdate, and gender when booking airline tickets.

It's all a part of the TSA's campaign to further root out the terrorists from the average Joes just trying to get to business meeting in Dubuque. Once the new information requirements go into effect tomorrow—August 15—you're full name on your ID will need to match up that that printed on the ticket, along with birth date and gender. Say so long to the mistaken identity stripsearch!

For those fretting about how closely the TSA will police the spelling of your middle name, thankfully the New York Time has an excellent article full of possible passenger questions and TSA responses. Just remember that the whole reason for giving the TSA this information is to keep you in the skies and off the No-Fly List. And if this doesn't work? Maybe they ask us our mother's maiden names or our Catholic confirmation names? What about our Kabbalah names? Madonna could then board her flights with tickets sold to "Esther." We suppose we'll have to wait and see.

Related Stories:
· TSA's Secure Flight Program [TSA]
· New Vigilance Over Traveler IDs [NYT]
· The TSA Asks 'How Do You Spell That Again?' [Jaunted]
· TSA Watch Coverage [Jaunted]

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TSA Wants Our Sex (And Birthday) Just To Mess With Us

Things up in the sky have seemed to level off. Besides Virgin America and their sneaky new fee for your first checked bag, we’ve grown numb to all the hassles up in the sky. We’ve also gotten somewhat accustomed to the whole TSA security dance—shoes off, jacket in the bin, liquids in a baggie. They’ve excited us by letting us keep our laptops warm and snug inside their bags, and even tried a little image makeover. Too bad they now want to add one more thing into the mix—there goes being a TSA line expert.

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