Reducing your security wait times

The Upgrade Travel Blog points to a Wall Street Journal piece on shortcuts at airport security checkpoints.

You don’t always have to go through the security line designated for your your terminal. At DFW, for instance, all the terminals are connected so you can go through any checkpoint — and the checkpoints vary tremendously in wait times. In Detroit you can cut through the airport Westin, which has its own security screening into the airport.

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