Have you ever been discriminated against in your travels because of your race, religion or nationality? If so, where?

* every time I (swiss) try to enter the USA I must queu the (often long) lines of 'non-american-passport-holders'
* when applying for a Visa to Saudi-Arabia (on business), I had to send in a certified copy of my christian baptisation certificate (to make sure that I am not jewish) ...
* I (swiss) don't qualify for any american credit card (even that I have an american bank account in very good standing for our Napa valley wine business), as I have no US-credit-record
* my (swiss) father wasn't allowed to marry my (german) mother (and to get her out of Nazi Germany) in 1939 without proof that his family was pure arian for at least 3 generations back ... something that swiss authorities first did decline to certify, until the then in charge captain of St.Gallen police Mr. Grueniger, now considered to be a real hero by israel and finally also swiss authorities, decided otherwise and gave my father the much needed stamp on such a statement (otherwise I would never have been born ...)
* my mother (not speaking swiss german yet) was not served/ignored after immigration to Switzerland in swiss shops during the early days of world-war II (she learned swiss german very fast then)
* even if I would become a US citicen, I would not be allowed to become President (not being born in the USA)
* as a (swiss) male, I only get the swiss state pension (AHV) at the age of 65, woman get that pension already at the age of 64
* UA MileagePlus restricts most of their mileage-bonus-promotions to USA based members ... (that's no nationality 'discrimination', but still ...).


[This message has been edited by Rudi (edited Mar 09, 2004).]