{"id":3705,"date":"2026-01-08T14:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/?p=3705"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:21:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:21:51","slug":"purdue-travelers-required-to-have-real-id-to-avoid-fees-beginning-feb-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/blog\/2026\/01\/08\/purdue-travelers-required-to-have-real-id-to-avoid-fees-beginning-feb-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue travelers required to have Real ID to avoid fees beginning Feb. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/purduetoday\/2025\/Q1\/reminder-real-id-required-for-air-travel-as-of-may-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">As previously announced<\/a>, airlines began requiring travelers to present a valid state-issued Real ID or other acceptable form of identification on May 7, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting Feb. 1, 2026, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will charge passengers $45 to use an alternative identify verification method if one of the acceptable IDs is not provided. These individuals are expected to have increased wait times at airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Purdue travelers are urged to obtain a Real ID if they have not done so already and should be aware that $45 alternative identify verification fees will not be reimbursed by the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on Real ID and other acceptable documents, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/news\/press\/releases\/2025\/12\/01\/tsa-introduces-new-45-fee-option-for-travelers-without-real-id\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the TSA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As previously announced, airlines began requiring travelers to present a valid state-issued Real ID or other acceptable form of identification on May 7, 2025. Starting Feb. 1, 2026, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will charge passengers $45 to use an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,51,188],"tags":[17,189,250],"location":[96],"class_list":["post-3705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-and-community","category-commercial-air-service","category-purdue-travel","tag-campus-and-community","tag-purdue-travel","tag-real-id","location-west-lafayette"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-07 17:27:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3706,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705\/revisions\/3706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3705"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=3705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}