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FlyerTalk Security Screening USA/UK: Carry-On Elec Fan  
18:50 13-Jul-08   [Replies: 5, Views: 228]    By: TestKing
Travelling ORD-LHR (AA, Bus CLass) then onward LHR-MUC (BA, Euro Trav Class). Travel very light (no checked luggage) with one standard-sized suitcase (overhead bin) and one handbag (beneath seat)...
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FlyerTalk Nightmare at MHT - a not-so-frequent flyer meets airport security  
06:18 13-Jul-08   [Replies: 139, Views: 7233]    By: nhcowboy
I should start by acknowledging that this went wrong from the get go, and a few simple corrections on my part would probably have prevented further problems. But despite knowing better, and having...
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FlyerTalk Gate passes - who's in charge?  
20:55 12-Jul-08   [Replies: 38, Views: 1071]    By: nhcowboy
Okay, say I want a gate pass so I can accompany my teenaged child through security . . . who decides if I get one or not? When I called the airline, I was told that "the airport" de...
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FlyerTalk You can never be too careful!  
16:14 12-Jul-08   [Replies: 9, Views: 644]    By: mikey1003
The only problem is how do you wear them [http://zapatopi.net/afdb/]>through security?? ...
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FlyerTalk At Gate no boarding passes  
14:37 12-Jul-08   [Replies: 29, Views: 1151]    By: samftla
Checked in this morning DL 1458 FLL-LGA, two Kettles checked in at gate asking for boarding passes. Agent insisted they could not have cleared TSA without one. Guess what? TSA had cleared them, TS...
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FlyerTalk Domestic flight in the USA with a foreign passport?  
01:15 12-Jul-08   [Replies: 33, Views: 973]    By: daffodils
I am about to start college in September, and I have a foreign passport with no visa in it, and no other ID. I wanted to travel by plane to get to my college, since it is in Washington State, ...
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FlyerTalk Secondaried at ICN  
00:53 12-Jul-08   [Replies: 9, Views: 425]    By: Superguy
Hey all, On my way home from ICN and I got secondaried at security. Thought I'd share my experience. First off, I'll say there's a selective shoe carnival in force for US flag carriers. ...
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FlyerTalk DEN TSAer sicko arrested  
14:28 11-Jul-08   [Replies: 75, Views: 2998]    By: LessO2
Story [http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/16848518/detail.html]> Quote: A suspected sexual predator who was arrested after a month-long sting works at Denver Internati...
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FlyerTalk Amtrak gestapo goes nationwide  
12:43 11-Jul-08   [Replies: 81, Views: 4787]    By: Global_Hi_Flyer
Story here [http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2008-07-10-amtrak_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip]> Quote: WASHINGTON — Rail passengers from coast to coast will be subject to...
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FlyerTalk Boarding pass WTMD check  
12:16 11-Jul-08   [Replies: 30, Views: 966]    By: 9VSWK
In the US, they check your BP name against your ID at a checkpoint, then scribbles on your BP. After passing WTMD, they ask for BP again. 1. What's the scribble for (im assuming its a signatu...
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FlyerTalk Beware of airline pilots with butter knives!  
11:35 11-Jul-08   [Replies: 29, Views: 1004]    By: wiredboy10003
This week's 'Ask the Pilot' in Salon.com: http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/...skthepilot283/ [http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/07/11/askthepilot283/]> ...
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FlyerTalk Meds - question about customs and TSA  
19:55 10-Jul-08   [Replies: 20, Views: 614]    By: meiji
A family member I'm flying to the US with tomorrow has recently had cancer and has cancer meds and (because of those and an existing condition) blood pressure meds. Both are pills so are they okay...
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FlyerTalk Do heterosexual men ever feel uncomfortable being touched by male TSA ..  
15:28 10-Jul-08   [Replies: 64, Views: 2359]    By: scottishbride
do heterosexual men ever feel uncomfortable being touched by male TSA workers? (and vice versa,) ...
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FlyerTalk it's mid-July, has anyone received their passport cards yet? online st..  
14:56 10-Jul-08   [Replies: 6, Views: 252]    By: scottishbride
it's mid-July, has anyone received their passport cards yet? online status not showing anything... but is it supposed to show application progress of passport cards? I did receive the post car...
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FlyerTalk "The passenger was interfering with the screening process..."..  
14:46 10-Jul-08   [Replies: 112, Views: 5166]    By: Fredd
Obviously a major mistake in the headline is that the "tussle" was not with TSA personnel but with airport police at a TSA checkpoint but it still makes, er, interesting viewing. While t...
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FlyerTalk TSA Locks?  
03:45 9-Jul-08   [Replies: 3, Views: 293]    By: Unnamed
Just flew though DSM today and unfortunately had to check bags. Both the wife and I had TSA approved locks on the bags and when we brought them to the scanner they querried about locks but we cite...
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FlyerTalk Security concerns at ARN  
13:02 8-Jul-08   [Replies: 5, Views: 487]    By: FlyingPrince22
Some days ago I passed the security control at ARN, as always, but for the first time I noticed that the criteria are not the same for everybody. Before me there was a Swedish-speaking man to...
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FlyerTalk European or French equivalent to TSA web site?  
14:48 7-Jul-08   [Replies: 29, Views: 489]    By: yamakake
Does anybody have a link for an equivalent for TSA in Europe (France, specifically, if that makes a difference)? I've looked but so far the best I've come up with is not particularly detailed info...
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FlyerTalk New 3-1-1- rules -- this is weird!  
00:09 7-Jul-08   [Replies: 36, Views: 2580]    By: oneofthosepeopleyouloveto hate
OK, so the new rules are now in effect, allowing TSOs more discretion in letting passengers keep their oversized liquids as long as they test negative for the presence of explosives. Yesterda...
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FlyerTalk Immigration Officer Having A Bad Day  
21:26 5-Jul-08   [Replies: 32, Views: 2099]    By: Stockycub1973
I flew into Chicago at the end of May for a 5 week vacation. I was going to be travelling after a week in Chicago to Vancouver and three other US cities. When I got to the Immigration desk th...
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FlyerTalk CO: passenger leaving plane prior to departure  
16:12 5-Jul-08   [Replies: 6, Views: 390]    By: DLH
Just a strange observation. At yesterday (July 4, 2008) fliegt CO 103 AMS-EWR a passenger left the plane after boaring door was closed and no internal check was done for items left by such disemba...
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FlyerTalk Can I Get A Ruling On "Impersonality A Security Risk?"  
15:22 5-Jul-08   [Replies: 15, Views: 491]    By: sefrischling
I'm currently sitting in the US Club at PHL. Behind me is a woman who looks dressed for business behind me, the volume of her voice is one that can be heard all the way over in Terminal F. ...
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FlyerTalk Ice brick  
10:11 5-Jul-08   [Replies: 7, Views: 325]    By: MetroAir
OK, I have posted before regarding taking prescription injectable drugs through multiple countries security and customs - thanks again for the informative responses. I must keep the drugs belo...
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FlyerTalk LAN TSA Experience  
00:16 5-Jul-08   [Replies: 1, Views: 198]    By: badrhino
I flew about 50K miles on DL and NW during the first half of 2008. My trips included four visits to LAN connecting through CVG, MSP, and DTW. Like most FT memebrs, I find little value in the TSA...
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FlyerTalk Rounded-edge scissors: Works everywhere in the world but CDG T2E  
17:21 4-Jul-08   [Replies: 2, Views: 151]    By: stimpy
I don't know what others have experienced with rounded-edged scissors, but I have had great luck with a pair I bought about a year ago. I take over 100 flights a year to dozens of countries includ...
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