TSA urges people to stop trying to use a Costco card as a sufficient REAL ID

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(Gray News) – The TSA is expressing frustrations with travelers who are not providing a proper REAL ID to fly.

In a Facebook post Wednesday, the TSA made it known that a Costco membership card is not an acceptable identification.

“We love hotdogs & rotisserie chickens as much as the next person, but please stop telling people their Costco card counts as a REAL ID because it absolutely does not,” the TSA wrote in the post.

The TSA is reminding travelers that a Costco membership card is not an acceptable REAL ID.(DCC Gray)

Starting May 7, most adults catching a flight in the U.S. are now required to present either a passport or an upgraded identification card that meets federal REAL ID standards.

According to the Associated Press, the requirement is 20 years in the making.

A REAL ID is a driver’s license or other state-issued ID that meets security requirements mandated in a 2005 law passed in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

In most cases, REAL IDs are designated with a white star in a yellow circle.

REAL IDs have been available for years from the DMV. People who didn’t get one by May 7 can still apply.

The Department of Homeland Security website links to information in each state on scheduling appointments and lists the documents needed.