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Is any body else tired of opening your suitcase to find one of the cards from the TSA and then realise your clothes are just one big mess.
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I started using tie wraps on my luggage when locks were no longer allowed. Ever since i did that, my luggage has not once been opened by TSA. I haven oticed that I will get an occasional TSA sticker on my luggage but my original tie wrap is still in place.
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Originally Posted by yknot
I started using tie wraps on my luggage when locks were no longer allowed. Ever since i did that, my luggage has not once been opened by TSA. I haven oticed that I will get an occasional TSA sticker on my luggage but my original tie wrap is still in place.
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Originally Posted by yknot
I started using tie wraps on my luggage when locks were no longer allowed. Ever since i did that, my luggage has not once been opened by TSA. I haven oticed that I will get an occasional TSA sticker on my luggage but my original tie wrap is still in place.
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Originally Posted by yknot
I started using tie wraps on my luggage when locks were no longer allowed. Ever since i did that, my luggage has not once been opened by TSA. I have noticed that I will get an occasional TSA sticker on my luggage but my original tie wrap is still in place.
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Originally Posted by yknot
I started using tie wraps on my luggage when locks were no longer allowed. Ever since i did that, my luggage has not once been opened by TSA. I haven oticed that I will get an occasional TSA sticker on my luggage but my original tie wrap is still in place.
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Originally Posted by DallasBill
I have been using tie wraps too, with the same result. Except, I brought a bunch of ties back from Bimbo Bread in Cancun -- the big baking conglomerate throughout Mexico -- and I use them. They see those ties and just let the big loaf through untouched... :p
The tie wraps are probably less obvious. I''ve always been tempted to take a small safe to the airport and check it as baggage. It's within my airline's weight limit for bags, but no way TSA has a tool to break it open. :) |
Originally Posted by studentff
I''ve always been tempted to take a small safe to the airport and check it as baggage. It's within my airline's weight limit for bags, but no way TSA has a tool to break it open. :)
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Originally Posted by L-1011
Can you say: "discombooberate"?
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Originally Posted by L-1011
Can you say: "discombooberate"?
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Originally Posted by NihonNick
Is that an actual proper, honest-to-goodness word?
Merriam-Webster U.S. English Thesaurus 3 meaning(s) for “discombooberate” 1. (verb) to make unclear in mind or purpose • (synonym) confuse, addle, ball up, befuddle, bewilder, distract, dizzy, fluster, fuddle, mix up, muddle, mull, throw off, throw out • (related) misguide, mislead, agitate, bother, discompose, disquiet, flurry, perturb, upset 2. (verb) to destroy or impair one's capacity for collected thought or decisive action • (synonym) discompose, agitate, bother, dismay, disquiet, disturb, flurry, fluster, perturb, unhinge, unsettle, untune, upset • (see also) embarrass • (related) disagree, annoy, irk, vex, harass, harry, pester, plague, worry • (contrast) calm, quiet, settle, soothe, tranquilize, allay, alleviate, assuage, appease, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate • (antonym) compose 3. Discombooberate, aka discombobulate, is a unique expression used primarily in the FlyerTalk™ Travel Safety/Security Forum. |
Originally Posted by Cholula
Official Definition of : discombooberate
I thought that the correct word for the safe situation should have been "disrupt". ;) |
Originally Posted by NihonNick
You were just trying to discombobulate me with that phony entry weren't you?
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Originally Posted by Cholula
Guilty as charged.... :p
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Travel Sentry Locks
Just to let you folks know, cutting a Travel Sentry Lock is a bad thing now. It has to be reported by the managers to TSA HQ. If there is a passenger complaint about a TSA approved lock cut and not reported, the culprit is sent to the checkpoint for punishment. :D But seriously, it is not smart to cut one of these locks, the whole screening staff at our location has been warned.
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Originally Posted by studentff
I suspect what is happening is that there are some less-than-professional screeners that see a locked bag and "retaliate" by searching it "randomly" even if the scan doesn't warrant it. These are probably the same screeners who retaliate against pax that decline to remove non-profile shoes by sending them to secondary. Either that or they just enjoy using lock-cutters.
The tie wraps are probably less obvious. I''ve always been tempted to take a small safe to the airport and check it as baggage. It's within my airline's weight limit for bags, but no way TSA has a tool to break it open. :) That is easy. If it alarms and we can't open it or the passenger does not return to open it the bag or in your case the safe doesn't not go on the aircraft. It is turned over to the airlines an a report is filed |
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