TWIC Renewal...Effective August 30th 2012 - Discount

If you hold a TWIC that expires on or before December 31, 2014 and you are a U.S. citizen or U.S. national you will be able to replace your expiring TWIC with a 3-year Extended Expiration Date (EED) TWIC. $60 renewal using the Extended Expiration Date vs the full price of ~ $130 or so.

Further details on EED TWICs:

http://www.tsa.gov/assets/pdf/TWIC_Expiration_Policy_Bulletin.pdf

 

Well you get 3 years instead of a full 5, but they add the 3 onto your current expire date.
I guess its because they are still trying to find a REAL purpose for these cards?

 

The full 5yr TWIC costs about $125 and the 3yr extended renewal is only $60.

Let me look...ok, $125 for 5yrs is $25/yr and $60 for 3yrs is $20/yr.
But, you only need to do this over the phone, and only 1 trip to pickup the card.

So, none of the fingerprint and forms,,etc needed to just add 3 more years.
I think that was a good deal.