--- description: You now have to pay $5.60 per flight title: TSA Fees Will Double to $5.60 Per Flight image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt633a8ff8a41efabe/69869a61d0b6f2534530522a/tsa-security.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A TSA Fee Hike Just Made Your Plane Tickets More Expensive ## Video: Airport Scanners and You: An Odd Todd Cartoon [Watch (HLS stream): Airport Scanners and You: An Odd Todd Cartoon](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9DQ9YVKy.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2010-01-13. Have questions about airport security scanners? Animatorr Odd Todd may have the answers (or at least a potty-mouthed joke about it)_  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jul 21, 2014 2:25 PM CUT  A TSA agent waits for passengers to use the TSA PreCheck lane being implemented by the Transportation Security Administration at Miami International Airport on October 4, 2011 in Miami, Florida. A TSA agent waits for passengers to use the TSA PreCheck lane being implemented by the Transportation Security Administration at Miami International Airport on October 4, 2011 in Miami, Florida.Joe Raedle—Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jul 21, 2014 2:25 PM CUT Transportation Security Administration fees are [doubling](http://www.tsa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/2014%5F06.20%5FAdjusted%5FIFR.pdf "undefined") Monday, and frequent travelers will notice a slight hike in their airfares. The TSA fee is currently $2.50 per non-stop flight and $5 per connecting flight, but the new fee will be $5.60 for all flights, and any connection over 4 hours counts as a separate flight. Congress approved the new fee in December in order to raise $12.6 billion to cut the deficit, and the TSA estimates the fees could raise $16.9 billion. “It’s like paying for a root canal,” George Hobica, founder of airfarewatchdog.com, told [USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/07/20/tsa-security-fee/12849631/?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=twitter&dlvrit=206567 "undefined"). “It’s something you didn’t want anyway. Now you’re paying more for it.” While the fees go into effect Monday, frustrated travelers can send [comments](http://www.tsa.gov/contact-us "undefined") to the TSA until Aug. 19. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3012428/tsa-fare-hike-airfare-fee/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3012428/tsa-fare-hike-airfare-fee/"},"headline":"A TSA Fee Hike Just Made Your Plane Tickets More Expensive","datePublished":"2014-07-21T14:25:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:15:15.540Z","description":"You now have to pay $5.60 per flight","url":"https://time.com/3012428/tsa-fare-hike-airfare-fee/","keywords":["Congress","Transportation","Aviation","Travel","deficit","TSA","airfare"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt633a8ff8a41efabe/69869a61d0b6f2534530522a/tsa-security.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt633a8ff8a41efabe/69869a61d0b6f2534530522a/tsa-security.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TSA Security","caption":"TSA Security","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3012428/tsa-fare-hike-airfare-fee/","name":"A TSA Fee Hike Just Made Your Plane Tickets More Expensive"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Airport Scanners and You: An Odd Todd Cartoon","description":"Have questions about airport security scanners? 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