Useful-Depth671 t1_j53qksl wrote on January 20, 2023 at 4:28 AM

I once spent 45 minutes in the precheck line at EWR so I enrolled in CLEAR for my next flight. I can only speak for the CLEAR/Precheck combo - I would say average time to get through is 7 minutes. Not sure about the timing for those with CLEAR but no Precheck.

That said, CLEAR is progressively getting more popular and on a few occasions in the last month, it seemed to be faster to just go through Precheck (or Premier Access if you have that option). Specifically on Christmas Eve, the CLEAR line was down to the AirTrain hallway.

OBAFGKM17 t1_j56im4k wrote on January 20, 2023 at 7:11 PM

Clear also ran that idiotic “give your friends the gift of Clear” promo over the holiday season where members could gift Clear access to their friends and family for 1 trip, it led to a bunch of inexperienced travelers bogging down the lines from Thanksgiving—New Years, I ended up just going through the normal Pre Check line to save time.