Get Ready to Pay More for Airport Security

Starting in mid-July, airline passengers will be paying more fees for security at the airport.

Following orders from Congress, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is poised to raise the security screening fee to $5.60 each way. This fee, which is included in your ticket price, is up from $2.50 each way for a nonstop flight and $5 for a trip including connections.

Trips with long stopovers — more than four hours on most domestic travel — will have bigger increases because each leg will trigger a new fee

The fee is used to finance "the increased cost of securing the nation's transportation systems," according to the TSA. In 2013, the security fee on passengers raised more than $1.8 billion for the TSA, or about 20% of its $8 billion annual budget. Read more...