How closely do you guard your stuff in airline lounges?
Feb 22, 2007, 4:28 pm
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How closely do you guard your stuff in airline lounges?
I've never had more than a couple of hours to spend in an airline lounge, but will have four hours one day next week. Normally, I stop at the restroom when I first enter, pick up something to drink and eat, then park myself with my carryon. I'll leave my bag while getting refills, but I've never had my laptop out when I've done that.
Do you ever leave your laptop out when you go to the restroom, walk around the lounge, get food/drink? Or do you put it away and take it with you?
Do you ever leave your laptop out when you go to the restroom, walk around the lounge, get food/drink? Or do you put it away and take it with you?
Feb 22, 2007, 4:37 pm
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No I don't leave anything out when traveling alone. I know it is a big shlep to haul your stuff around, but especially now with people able to buy day passes to many lounges....the private club feeling is gone.
I don't want my stuff to be gone as well.
I don't want my stuff to be gone as well.
Feb 22, 2007, 4:46 pm
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I leave my large carryon in the luggage room as it has nothing in it that would be difficult to replace. And the reason for that is in case it is ever taken from me to be put in the hold of the airplane.
I carry my small carryon with me into the lounge proper for the reason opposite the above.
I carry my small carryon with me into the lounge proper for the reason opposite the above.
Feb 22, 2007, 5:19 pm
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Depends on the lounge.
If it is say the HON terminal/lounges in FRA/MUC or the Concorde Room in London I wouldn't be too averse to leaving my hand-luggage while making a quick trip to the bar or toilet.
Most other lounges I wouldn't.
If it is say the HON terminal/lounges in FRA/MUC or the Concorde Room in London I wouldn't be too averse to leaving my hand-luggage while making a quick trip to the bar or toilet.
Most other lounges I wouldn't.
Feb 22, 2007, 6:08 pm
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I'll leave my stuff unattended to grab a drink or make a quick bathroom stop in the NW Worldclubs. I figure the chance of a thief paying a membership fee and showing ID to try to steal stuff from a rather controlled place is minimal.
Feb 22, 2007, 6:18 pm
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I'll leave my roll-a-board but never my handbag. Handbag goes where I go; whether to the bar, or the loo My handbag never goes unattended on the aircraft, as well.
Feb 22, 2007, 6:31 pm
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Feb 22, 2007, 7:32 pm
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Depends where I am - for instance, in the SFO Alaska Boardroom, it can be relatively empty when I'm there, or even in the SEA BR, I can go get my snackiecake and beverage and I am pretty much going to pass anyone who tries to take my stuff. In most UA RCCs, I'd never do the same.
Feb 22, 2007, 7:38 pm
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I'll go get something to eat or drink if I can keep an eye on my things, and will leave less valuable items (such as a bag with books and papers) when I go to the restroom. But my laptop is never out of my sight.
I was once in a President's Club in ORD where the housekeeping was so zealous they took away my newspapers and a paperback book when I went to the bathroom.
I was once in a President's Club in ORD where the housekeeping was so zealous they took away my newspapers and a paperback book when I went to the bathroom.
Feb 22, 2007, 8:41 pm
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I always keep my items secured and under my control. It isn't that I don't trust the fine folks in the lounge, but I am from a high crime region and I feel it is better for me to always remain in the habit of keeping money, valuables, and so on secure.
Feb 22, 2007, 11:32 pm
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