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True. If you get TSA Pre, though, then you get something very much like the 90's experience.

+1 for TSA Pre-Check. Also, Global Entry. Well worth the trouble to apply for.

But then you are giving money to the TSA.

Plus fingerprints and the benefit of being entered into another government database.

There is also no guarantee that the precheck line will be open at the airport for the time you visit.