Passport Security Stickers
Mar 15, 2011, 10:25 pm
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Passport Security Stickers
What do you do with the security stickers placed on the back of your passport? Do you peel them off? Do you let them accumulate? Just curious.
Mar 15, 2011, 10:37 pm
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I peel them off more often than not immediately after boarding the flight for which the screeners placed the sticker. And sooner or later, I take them all all off the back cover of my passport.
Mar 15, 2011, 11:46 pm
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I save them for when I am waiting in line to reenter the US and then I pick at them and peel them off, then stick them on the retractable belt stanchions or the backs of people that are annoying.
Mar 16, 2011, 12:14 am
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I keep mine on my passport. I currently have two (LHR & FRA), and expect several more in 2011.
Mar 16, 2011, 12:52 am
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I had a similar experience at LHR T1 recently involving one of the ICTS girls, who, upon seeing her initials on a couple of the stickers said "Oh, I've had you before". Of course, I had to ruin it by saying something crass and idiotic - "not yet luv, but you've screened me before". She was not amused.
Mar 16, 2011, 1:20 am
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I don't have security stickers...I remember getting one once, but I haven't for my most recent international trips. Or maybe I just picked them off without even realizing it.
I have purikura instead!! And scattered throughout my passport. I was told it was a bad idea and that airport security would get mad at me for my decorations, but I said screw them
I love my sparkly pink mini photos. Reminds me of better times in Japan during high school 
I have purikura instead!! And scattered throughout my passport. I was told it was a bad idea and that airport security would get mad at me for my decorations, but I said screw them
I love my sparkly pink mini photos. Reminds me of better times in Japan during high school
Mar 16, 2011, 1:26 am
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I don't have security stickers...I remember getting one once, but I haven't for my most recent international trips. Or maybe I just picked them off without even realizing it.
I have purikura instead!! And scattered throughout my passport. I was told it was a bad idea and that airport security would get mad at me for my decorations, but I said screw them I love my sparkly pink mini photos. Reminds me of better times in Japan during high school
I have purikura instead!! And scattered throughout my passport. I was told it was a bad idea and that airport security would get mad at me for my decorations, but I said screw them
I love my sparkly pink mini photos. Reminds me of better times in Japan during high school
Mar 16, 2011, 3:48 am
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I've only ever gotten one once, and I removed it pretty soon afterwards. What are they even for anyway?
Mar 16, 2011, 5:45 am
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I've found that if I don't take them off right away (within a day), they leave a nasty sticky residue on the back of my passport. So if I don't remember to take them right away, I just leave them there.
Mar 16, 2011, 7:26 am
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When your passport is checked at the gate just prior to boarding by security staff, they look for the sticker to verify you've gone through the interview.
Security companies like ICTS, which the airlines hire, use these stickers.
Back of my passport is covered with em.
Mar 16, 2011, 8:50 am
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I have twice had ICTS staff recognize their own initials on previous stickers. This happened once in Stockholm and once in Paris. Both screeners were particularly kind about it, saying "Oh. We have met before." The questions were extremely brief in those circumstances.
Those stickers are made of super glue. I'm amazed that I still have some old ones on my duffel bag. They survive rain, trips to the gym, etc.
Those stickers are made of super glue. I'm amazed that I still have some old ones on my duffel bag. They survive rain, trips to the gym, etc.