TSA: Costco cards not valid for airport security

Costco in Moncton, New Brunswick Credit: Stu pendousmat (talk) / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

A little over a month after the TSA stopped accepting non-REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses at airport checkpoints, travelers are still confused. The controversial, decades-long, messy rollout of REAL ID finally took effect on May 7, 2025. Over the course of twent…