CLEAR Rattles
CLEAR ( https://www.clearme.com/ ) is a commercial service promising accelerated way through airport security. Its existence is questionable, as airport security is done by a government agency, so why would a commercial entity charge extra money for getting people in front of the government queue? Well, after all we have the best democracy money can buy. But of course CLEAR is not the only one, as "status" travelers also have their Fast Track systems. CLEAR is like a subscription-based "faster than fast track" track. A while back it was available only to US Passport holders, so despite United airlines giving me CLEAR membership for free, I could not make use of it. It let me create an account but then I got stuck in the process. And I forgot about it. Until recently I saw a $129 charge on my credit card for yearly membership. United clearly withdrew their offer of "zero cost CLEAR membership", and I had my account (despite not being able to use it), so the...