Metal cards & TSA
Mar 9, 2015, 12:44 am
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Metal cards & TSA
I'm sure this has been covered but I've not been able to find a thread on it with Search (visiting FT via phone tonight).
What have been people's experiences with the Chase metal cards and TSA? Could you post your experiences? Which airports, which equipment,etc?
Im trying to get some time at an idle TSA checkpoint to run a CSP and Ritz card through to see what's the best strategy. I love being able to leave my wallet in my pocket at Pre but don't want to get haraSSSSed for carrying a metal card.
What have been people's experiences with the Chase metal cards and TSA? Could you post your experiences? Which airports, which equipment,etc?
Im trying to get some time at an idle TSA checkpoint to run a CSP and Ritz card through to see what's the best strategy. I love being able to leave my wallet in my pocket at Pre but don't want to get haraSSSSed for carrying a metal card.
Mar 9, 2015, 2:41 am
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I'm sure this has been covered but I've not been able to find a thread on it with Search (visiting FT via phone tonight).
What have been people's experiences with the Chase metal cards and TSA? Could you post your experiences? Which airports, which equipment,etc?
Im trying to get some time at an idle TSA checkpoint to run a CSP and Ritz card through to see what's the best strategy. I love being able to leave my wallet in my pocket at Pre but don't want to get haraSSSSed for carrying a metal card.
What have been people's experiences with the Chase metal cards and TSA? Could you post your experiences? Which airports, which equipment,etc?
Im trying to get some time at an idle TSA checkpoint to run a CSP and Ritz card through to see what's the best strategy. I love being able to leave my wallet in my pocket at Pre but don't want to get haraSSSSed for carrying a metal card.
Mar 9, 2015, 7:48 am
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Mar 9, 2015, 2:27 pm
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I'm sure this has been covered but I've not been able to find a thread on it with Search (visiting FT via phone tonight).
What have been people's experiences with the Chase metal cards and TSA? Could you post your experiences? Which airports, which equipment,etc?
Im trying to get some time at an idle TSA checkpoint to run a CSP and Ritz card through to see what's the best strategy. I love being able to leave my wallet in my pocket at Pre but don't want to get haraSSSSed for carrying a metal card.
What have been people's experiences with the Chase metal cards and TSA? Could you post your experiences? Which airports, which equipment,etc?
Im trying to get some time at an idle TSA checkpoint to run a CSP and Ritz card through to see what's the best strategy. I love being able to leave my wallet in my pocket at Pre but don't want to get haraSSSSed for carrying a metal card.
Mar 9, 2015, 2:58 pm
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Just last week, when I went through TSA Precheck at LAX, I was carrying CSP, Marriott and Ritz cards in my wallet. After going through twice and setting off the metal detector, we figured out it was the Ritz card triggering the metal detector. When I went through the third time, now without the Ritz card (still had the CSP and Marriot in my wallet on me), I cleared through the metal detector.
Upon returning through DCA, I placed my Ritz card in my carry-on and went through the metal detector (with CSP and Marriott cards on me) with no problem.
Upon returning through DCA, I placed my Ritz card in my carry-on and went through the metal detector (with CSP and Marriott cards on me) with no problem.
Mar 9, 2015, 3:02 pm
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Mar 10, 2015, 4:07 pm
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I just got my Ritz and they sent me a plastic card due to "inventory issues". Metal one s/b here by the end of April they are saying.
Anyway, the plastic Ritz card is fine (no surprise there) as is the CSP. My Palladium card does set off the metal detectors, so when I travel I usually pack the plastic Palladium instead. If I want to bring the metal Palladium for some reason, I will usually throw that one in my carry-on along with my belt (buckle sets off the WTMD), and cell phones.
Anyway, the plastic Ritz card is fine (no surprise there) as is the CSP. My Palladium card does set off the metal detectors, so when I travel I usually pack the plastic Palladium instead. If I want to bring the metal Palladium for some reason, I will usually throw that one in my carry-on along with my belt (buckle sets off the WTMD), and cell phones.
Mar 11, 2015, 2:56 pm
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Originally Posted by sdsearch
I carry a spare home key in my wallet, so just because of that I've always put it in either my carryon or in a tray.
Prior to this, I had all of my condos keyed with a master key system. I'd carry the master when traveling, so my one key would open my condo no matter which city I was in.
Mar 11, 2015, 3:22 pm
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Never had a problem with TSA, but did have a problem boarding a Norwegian Cruise ship on 3 different occassions. It was the 3rd time that I realized that it was the card. After removing it, I went thru just fine. The security agent scanned my wallet and the beep went off. He looked really perplexed. As soon as I got home, I ordered the plastic version.
Mar 11, 2015, 5:20 pm
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For the discussion here, I'm referring to the walk-through metal detectors (WTMDs). I prefer to keep my wallet on my person at all times. I've seen too many dishonest TSAholes with sticky fingers...and then there's dishonest pax/airport workers to deal with.
I've put Schlage keypad locks on almost all of my places. Absolutely awesome to not worry about keys when traveling. I also lock my car keys IN the car (not in a publicly-accessible spot) and use my mobile phone to unlock it and re-enable the starter when I get back in town.
Prior to this, I had all of my condos keyed with a master key system. I'd carry the master when traveling, so my one key would open my condo no matter which city I was in.
I've put Schlage keypad locks on almost all of my places. Absolutely awesome to not worry about keys when traveling. I also lock my car keys IN the car (not in a publicly-accessible spot) and use my mobile phone to unlock it and re-enable the starter when I get back in town.
Prior to this, I had all of my condos keyed with a master key system. I'd carry the master when traveling, so my one key would open my condo no matter which city I was in.
But, in the context of this thread, the advantage of having to use real keys is that I don't have to worry about whether I have metal cards in my wallet or not, since I have backup keys in my wallet, not having it on me as I go through a metal detector is an automatic instinct. (And I have PreCheck through NEXUS, and rarely fly out of airports without PreCheck, so I virtually always go through the metal detector at airports.)
My car's key is too bulky, so I haven't figured out a good backup place for that, though. I don't think I can do mobile unlock of a 2006 Honda, though. (But since I've got only 75k miles on it, I have no plans to get rid of it anytime soon!)
Last edited by sdsearch; Mar 11, 2015 at 5:27 pm
Mar 12, 2015, 10:00 pm
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My CSP never triggered any metal detectors yet, and I also carry a swiss card in my wallet all the time, which also never triggered any metal detectors yet.
