The Transportation Security Administration clarified this week that a Costco membership card is not sufficient to present at airport security. (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
Aside from REAL IDs, which have enhanced federal standards, domestic flyers can also use their passports or another federally-approved form of identification like Defense Department-issued IDs (but not a Costco card).
"Department of Defense IDs for active and retired military continue to be an acceptable form of ID at TSA checkpoints following the implementation of REAL ID last month," the TSA wrote on Facebook Thursday.
Crowds queue at the security checkpoint at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport after the REAL ID requirement deadline. (Robin Rayne for Fox News Digital)
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With many procrastinating until shortly before the deadline, DMV centers were inundated with long lines in April and early May, and there was confusion about what forms of identification, such as a passport, birth certificate or Social Security card, were acceptable at a DMV to secure a REAL ID.
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