Originally Posted by
02nz
I figured that was why as well. However, in all my travels in the U.S. and internationally, I haven't bothered using clear bags for liquids in a long time, definitely well over 100+ times going through security. I think I may have had to actually take out liquids and put them into a clear bag maybe once or twice that whole time, and even that was years ago ago.
Congratulations on not having to ever remove your toiletries
My travel patterns show a different record
1- precisely one year ago in VIE - where the security personnel gave me a huge smile and a thumbs up - because my toiletries case has been a clear bag since 2002
2- The dreaded SSSS on connecting on return flights via MUC where the originating flight was LO
3- Connections at CDG out of JFK, where I actually got shouted at for NOT removing my toiletries case (I honestly thought I did not need to)
4- LHR, an airport I avoid at all costs, on a JFK - LHR onward connection. I thought that having a clear toiletries case would suffice, and that I did not need to repack into a Zip-lock bag. Not only did my bag get bounced, they literally removed everything I owned out of each bag, including my purse and treated lipstick as a liquid. Things were flying through the air, and I was simply trying to keep track of a 17th century book I was carrying, for fear it would be damaged or disappear. I will add that I the scanners at LHR treated a mother with an 4 month old infant no better, in fact worse, as they discarded the milk she had pumped for her child. I was aghast.
So much for my experiences.