I just went through airport security and was quite surprised how easy it was (relatively speaking). Didn’t have to go through a body scanner, didn’t have to separate liquids, didn’t have to take out my laptop, and my boarding pass wasn’t even scanned. Did some rules change? Is their thoroughness related to terrorist threat levels?
Last time I flew in the US was back in April, and I still had to do all of those things you mentioned. Not sure how you got a free pass
Same, but I didn’t before that. I think it depends on the airport.