Originally Posted by
catandmouse
As a matter of interest - how do you open the zip ties? Some airline once put them on my bags (why - go figure - they already had a lock)? My carry-on obviously doesn't have anything good enough to open them.
After walking round my hotel room for a couple of minutes, looking for a suitable object, I took my bag down again and asked the hotel concierge to do the necessary.
I use nail clippers and nail scissors from my carry-on or a small pair a scissors stored in the outside pouch of the checked bag. It takes a minute, but that's the point, isn't it?
I pull mine tight so there's no loop to use to twist with something else.