Not at all. I was only making a different point. Many complaints about security procedures (which resulted in CLEAR's business model) are merely personal complaints. They aren't systemic problems.

Complain if you want, but don't be surprised when other people don't sympathize.

All the people who complain about having to buy water make me laugh.

The prohibition is on the liquid, not the container. If you want to have a bottle of water on the plane then carry an empty bottle through security. I've carried reused plastic bottles, Nalgene hiking-type bottles, and even a metal Kleen Kanteen through security without any problems. Once you're through security, find a water fountain and fill up!

Just remember to vent the bottle once on the plane. The pressure changes can leave you with a leaking bottle.

That just makes the TSA doubly wrong. I pointed out the CMIR regulation because IF he was traveling internationally and IF he was carrying over $10,000 the TSA might have a reason to get involved. Neither condition existed.

You're right. The article doesn't specifically say, but I also assumed he was flying domestically. I only noted the CMIR regulation because that's the only way I could think of that TSA has a reason to be invoved. This wasn't international OR over $10,000 meaning TSA was doubly wrong.

If he was carrying over $10,000 they could have reminded him of his legal obligation to file a CMIR. But he wasn't. Carrying $4,700 isn't a reportable event and is none of the TSA's business. (In case you don't know banking regulations: 31 CFR 103.23 requires that a CMIR be filed by anyone who transports, mails, ships or receives, or attempts, causes or attempts to cause the transportation, mailing, shipping or receiving of currency or monetary instruments in excess of $10,000, from or to a place outside the United States. The term ``monetary instruments'' includes currency and instruments such as negotiable instruments endorsed without restriction. See 31 CFR 103.11(k).)