Himeno

You do realize that nothing DHS or TSA has ever done since their creation has done anything to improve air security in any way whatsoever don't you?

IAHUArunner

doing a 3 hour air side turn in SIN. Status match run . Will report how it went in 2 days. (Have been to SIN before longer and shorter turns, but kind of nervous this time)

jphripjah

I flew from Khabarovsk to Seoul to LAX on Asiana last week. Same ticket. 5 hour transit in Seoul. No questions.

IntlRabbit

Week ago in Hong Kong waiting for AA192 to lax. I'm at the gate about 45 minutes early. Agents are at their counters but not many passengers here yet. I'm just wandering around and stopped to look at the screen. Young guy in some kind of uniform strikes up a conversation. I'm thinking he wants to practice his English since it could use a little work. Don't make much of his questions, ususal sort of travel stuff but they start to get a little detailed, then out of the blue he says "Can I see your passport?". I give him a strong NO" and walk away. Thought it was pretty weird and noticed he continued to "patrol" the gate area, periodically going back and taliking with the gate agents. Eventually decided he was some kind of security but didnt make a connection until seeing some of the new posts here.
Gotta say it kind of creeped me out and looks like a fertile area for all sorts of problems. I'll transit HKG on CX again at Thanksgiving on the way to BKK. Should be interesting.

Majuki

But other than the bag search on the jet bridge, there were no additional questions upon check-in or before boarding, right?

rpjs

Another datapoint: I just flew ARN -> HEL -> JFK with Finnair. There were no extra questions at check-in at ARN (or indeed any questions about my luggage) nor at the gate at HEL. At security screening at ARN I had to take my laptop and iPad out of my carry-on and into a single bin for them both. There was no extra screening at HEL as other EU airports are deemed secure.

I did see one person being selected for extra security at the gate at HEL by being directed to a screened-off area by the gate but that was it.

STBCypriot

Flew BEG-JFK on 28 Oct, business class. The line for the gate was horrendous. Was told to go to the gate at 12:15 but actually showed up at 11:55 and the line was a half hour long and getting longer. Only 2 people manning the gate. There was a line dedicated for business class but not enforced. Because the line was so long I thought that this was due to new security and expected to be asked a lot of questions. Nope. No questions at all. Can't imagine why they took so long to look at passports and cross us off of a list. Got the usual SSSS though. Security was polite, unlike at JFK on the return.

GalaxyNexus

The procedure in HKG for US bound flights seem to include asking what are you doing in the US, and the agent also insists on seeing an itinerary for the return flight (who needs those these days...).

The annoying part is they then affix a poorly made sticker on the back of my passport (to be kept until after boarding). Now I'd imagine for people traveling often this would mean accumulating damage to your passport every time you fly.

Pure nonsense.

Blueskyheaven

Are you US citizen flying to US from HKG on US passport?

Himeno

That's one of the reasons (the stupid pointless stickers) why I stopped flying west bound across the Atlantic.

txflyer77

No interview at NRT today on NH, though I did get SSSS.

If if you have to get SSSS, guess japan is the place to do it.

JamesBigglesworth

And, in the UK, illegal. You're not allowed to alter (or deface, for that matter) a passport in the UK unless you are a warranted border officer. ICTS are breaking the law every time they put a sticker on the passport.

nrr

Putting the sticker on pax forehead (instead of pp) should stay within the law.

SNA_Flyer

Interesting. Can you reference the actual statute on this?

FredAnderssen

AMS Schiphol airport tags.