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CLEAR is not Pre.

CLEAR is "skip waiting in line for a person to look at your ID and boarding pass". That's it. CLEAR by itself still sends you into the unpack-your-bag, take-off-half-your-clothes, body-scanner experience.

If you want to leave things in your carry-on, stay fully dressed and use the metal detector, you still need Pre (or another program which grants membership in Pre). CLEAR does not give you Pre.

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As someone who has CLEAR, and flys frequently on airlines that are not enrolled in Pre (JAL out of SFO), this is simply untrue. CLEAR escorts me to the front of the Pre line, allowing me to keep my shoes on and laptop in bag -- even though the airline is not a part of the Pre program.

The international terminal at SFO often has dogs patrolling along the line; when they do that, everyone gets the Pre-style experience.

CLEAR does not provide Pre. You can read their own documentation on that; they only get you past the podium.

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