re: Can I fly with no ID/DL - have a picture of Dl

As someone that had his wallet stolen while taking the subway to the airport. Yes you can fly with out ID. My understanding is that TSA cant deny you access if you have a boarding pass and comply with their rules. Pre print your boarding pass if possible. I had no ID at all. But explained the sceanio at check in. The agent called for a police officer and i filled out a police report (that part is irrelevant to your story and ...wasnt necessary actually to TSA) i filled out some paper work for TSA and then the agent made a phone call and relayed questions from the person on the other end of the line. Where was spouse born? Where was my car in 2001 registered? ...six questions ..I think. I passed those and then had all my luggage examined and i was frisked (no cavity searches or anything like v that) the one thing the agent stressed several times is that i could only dob this verification once every 24 hours so if you miss your plane or its delayed "don't leave the airport you wont be allowed through TSA" That sucked because i had just a little cash on me and saw that delays in take off were going to make connections down to mins (i arrived at my connection as my final leg was bording but thannkfully was 2 gates over) So yes it can be done....should be avoided if at all possible but it took over 2 hrs to get through the whole check in TSA process