Here's a new one (maybe)
Nov 18, 2015 | 3:05 pm
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Here's a new one (maybe)
Going through a checkpoint in SEA the smurfs were asking that you show your boarding pass before going into the strip search machine. Anyone with a paper boarding pass had to show it but anyone with a phone one did not.
Nov 18, 2015 | 4:33 pm
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Since you can't have anything in pockets going through the Strip Search Machine I normally stick my ID and Boarding Pass in my carry on after clearing the TDC. Doesn't matter if it is paper or phone I do both the same. I generaly have a paper version tucked away just in case my phone stops working.
Nov 18, 2015 | 4:37 pm
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It used to be the norm. Now, it's rare. If they do find anything in secondary, they will then locate the PNR information, even on a phone, as they write all of that into the log for transfer into one of their databases. Not really much of a big deal.
Nov 18, 2015 | 5:19 pm
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When was it the norm?
Everyone I've ever seen in the NoS has been told to pose with empty open palms. When I get my gropes, I am told to keep my palms open and empty.
Was TSA making exceptions and allowing all those folks to get scanned or groped while holding their phones or their BPs? Or did the TSOs take the BPs/phones and hold them until the scan/grope was over?
Nov 18, 2015 | 6:34 pm
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They can't locate the PNR info from all mobile phones where a mobile phone boarding pass was used with the TDC.
Nov 18, 2015 | 11:26 pm
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I've noticed that the procedure seems to be different at different airports. At some airports (DTW for example) TSA makes you hold your BP and ID in your hand as you go through the noodle-scope. People without at least an ID in their hand get yelled at. This was a few years ago before mobile BPs were commonplace though.
Nov 19, 2015 | 4:23 pm
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When was it the norm?
Everyone I've ever seen in the NoS has been told to pose with empty open palms. When I get my gropes, I am told to keep my palms open and empty.
Was TSA making exceptions and allowing all those folks to get scanned or groped while holding their phones or their BPs? Or did the TSOs take the BPs/phones and hold them until the scan/grope was over?
When was it the norm?
Everyone I've ever seen in the NoS has been told to pose with empty open palms. When I get my gropes, I am told to keep my palms open and empty.
Was TSA making exceptions and allowing all those folks to get scanned or groped while holding their phones or their BPs? Or did the TSOs take the BPs/phones and hold them until the scan/grope was over?
Nov 19, 2015 | 4:31 pm
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I've noticed that the procedure seems to be different at different airports. At some airports (DTW for example) TSA makes you hold your BP and ID in your hand as you go through the noodle-scope. People without at least an ID in their hand get yelled at. This was a few years ago before mobile BPs were commonplace though.
I have seen guys try to hold on to their wallet for a grope or the NoS, but the TSO always took it away to run through the xray.
Nov 20, 2015 | 5:55 pm
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Ah, they're stepping up their anti-Marilyn procedures.
Though it's still not as bad as flying TATL out of Europe. I gave up playing the "how many times did people ask to see my passport and BP" game on my last trip, because I kept losing count.
Though it's still not as bad as flying TATL out of Europe. I gave up playing the "how many times did people ask to see my passport and BP" game on my last trip, because I kept losing count.
Nov 20, 2015 | 7:08 pm
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Since you cannot have anything in your pockets going through the machines I always have my USA passport and boarding pass in my hand when going through security. I have always been allowed to do this.