Originally Posted by
RRDD
One of my young grand-children once asked me for 50 cents. I said that I usually throw my spare change in my backpack that I use for flying; so that I don't set off the metal detectors. I told him he could have all the change he found in my backpack.
He found $8.50 worth. He now goes straight to my backpack every time he comes over.
My backpack got secondary screening a couple flights in a row and the second TSA guy asked me if I had a lot of change in there. Some, I said.
It was about $5 worth, PLUS about 5 euros worth. And I haven't been to Europe since 2013. The backpack doesn't set off the TSA agent anymore.