Originally Posted by
dmahon
You don't have to volunteer that it is not yours - when you are asked if anyone else has packed the bag or if it has been left unattended at any time, just say YES. It will get seperate screening.
I don't want to disagree with you, but for quite a few years now, we no longer have to ask if the bag is yours, so you may need to volunteer the information.
The only mandatory questions the DFT require are:
Check in staff are required to ask two Security Questions:
Q1) “Could anyone have interfered with your bags since you packed them?”
Q2) “Have you been given anything to take on the flight?”
These questions are not aimed at revealing possible terrorists travelling with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), but are designed to prevent a passenger being ‘duped’ from carrying an explosive device onto our aircraft. Anyone of us could be asked to carry a parcel, gift, etc unknowingly.
According to a DFT Inspector, it is not necessary to ask these questions if the passenger has already seen them and answered (correctly) at the Self Service Kiosk. However, there is certainly no harm in being asked a second, third or even fourth time!
Q2 is ambiguous - most people assume that "have you been given anything to take on the flight?" means "have you been given anything to take into the cabin?" and they don't really think about their baggage!