Has anyone missed a flight due to lost ID?

Question

My son recently was able to talk his way onto flight because he lost his DL and did not realize it until checking in for flight. He did have a High School picture ID, that may have helped him. He just happens to have a 2nd DL that I was able to FedEx to him for his return flight. He gets home tomorrow.

Answer 1

It does take longer to get through security without ID, but TSA does have a procedure for clearing you through. This happened to me in 2005 once.