Next time you head to Costco, make sure you have your plastic or digital membership card – and a matching ID. The members-only warehouse retailer is really starting to crack down on non-members.

Costco membership cards may help T.S.A. agents confirm your identity if you have no other form of identification but they are not a replacement for a government-issued form of identification.

The TSA is showing their frustration with travelers who are not showing them a REAL ID to take a flight, and they don't want passengers to think that their Costco card counts as a proper REAL ID.

Costco is a popular big-box membership warehouse club, offering discounted prices on brand-name merchandise in bulk and non-bulk sizes. Costco is actually the third-largest retailer in the world ...

Figure out another way. Or just ask everybody for their [membership] card and ID. Or shut down self-scan.” No one checked her when she pumped gas at the Centerville Costco, she said.

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The TSA told Americans that their Costco membership card was not an approved form of identification at the airport. andy – stock.adobe.com The REAL ID requirement took effect on May 7. DHS ...

The Post has sought comment from Costco. Costco boasts 125 million authorized ID holders, according to the most recent SEC filings. The company derives most of its profit from its membership fees.

The membership card that gets you a $1.50 hot dog combo meal will not, in fact, get you past Transportation Security Administration agents.

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