travel in the US: anyone used TRIP?

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I just discovered that the friendly folks at the United States Homeland Security have a program to clear up mistaken identities. As many of us know, everyone who travels by air in the US has to receive clearance from the Gov’t. Sometimes one’s name appears on a secret list and that causes much trouble at the airport. There is a system called TRIP (The Department of Homeland Security’s Travel Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIP)) that purports to allow the user to clear his/her name. Successful use of this system gives the traveler a unique number to go along with your name. The combination is supposed to make it easier to travel.

cite: Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIP) | Homeland Security

Has anyone had reason to avail themselves of this procedure? Does it work?

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I haven’t - but I will say that I was on said list for several years and this prevented things like curbside check-in and printing out boarding passes from home. In recent years this unique number must have kicked in, because I haven’t had any traveling problems in some time.