Samsung's Digital Wallets Accepted at TSA Security

Based on last week's airport screening activity, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is expecting a busy end-of-year holiday season.

As of December 25, 2023, the number of air travelers screened exceeded the volume last seen in 20219.

And to keep the wait times down, about 99% of TSA PreCheck® passengers waited less than 10 minutes passing through security lines in early December 2023.

Travelers can also help keep screening wait times down by remembering to bring an acceptable ID, including a digital wallet.

In collaboration with the State of Arizona and Samsung, the TSA is now accepting, for limited testing and evaluation purposes, Arizona-issued mobile driver's licenses and identification cards in Samsung Wallet on Samsung mobile devices at select TSA airport security checkpoints.

Passengers can use this new feature at checkpoints for identity verification at 27 participating airports.

TSA introduced the concept of the mobile driver's license in April 2021. Since then, Google and Apple digital wallets have also been accepted at various airports in the U.S.

This is one of TSA's many steps to transform airport security experiences.

From a health perspective, the U.S. CDC recently issued Travel Health Notices regarding dengue virus outbreaks in numberious countries.

The CDC says that getting vaccinated against infectious diseases is one of the most effective ways to protect your health while traveling abroad.

Travel vaccines can prevent dengue and other infectious diseases and are generally available at travel clinics and pharmacies in the U.S.