<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FWAAA:
I was told by the screeners that they are concerned that the hand-held metal detecting wands might harm the magnetic strip on your credit cards if you are wanded and your wallet is still in your pocket. Don't know if it's true. I know the x-ray machines and magnetometers don't affect the magnetic strips on my cards, so I just put my wallet in a pocket of my carry-on.</font>
If this is the case, why aren't people being warned when they use the hand held wands? This is now a common place occurance with the stepped up security, and there will be many angry travelers out there with credit cards that cannot be scanned properly when they go to make a purchase.