
One Week Warning: You Need a Real ID (or Alternative) to Fly Next Week
After two decades of continuous delays and pauses, federal Real ID requirements for domestic flights are finally set to begin in exactly one week: Wednesday, May 7, 2025. But whether travelers without a compliant license will actually be turned away at airports next week remains to be seen. Passed nearly 20 years ago in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Transportation Security...