Airport Security

[astcell]

You would be better off with NO ID than non matching ID.

[alklloyd]

I had no problems this year.

Al

[astcell]

I had no problems this year.

Al

Well if *I* wore an AGENT ORANGE shirt they'd not wanna poke me either! :D

[BlackOrchid]

Here's the secret to getting through security at the airports.

Always put on an amusing production.. (not a scary one!) especially if you're a female! Honestly, you can be carrying an ozzy and they're so easily amused that they just laugh at the posibility that YOU could be dangerous..

wait.. is that just a blond thing?

Nonetheless, it seems to work for me.. so Dr. Phil would have to agree!

[drdank]

Honestly, you can be carrying an ozzy and they're so easily amused that they just laugh at the posibility that YOU could be dangerous..

If he's intending to bite the head off a bat, they usually ask that you check him in with your luggage at the curb.

[[Syntax]]

I had all kinds of crap happen to me on the trip. One of the first things was the TSA. I packed all sorts of crap. I arrived in Vegas, got to my hotel room and went to change clothes and discovered that my luggage which was not locked before, had now been locked and I did not have the key. I managed to pick it open with a paper clip.

Odd thing, TSA did not put a notice inside my suitcase. I could not tell if they had gone thru it. But why would they have locked it if they had not opened it?

[vandal]

My stuff arrived and returned fine... everytime i fly i have wierd shit that I'm always paranoid that the airport security will freak out about... but they never do... last time it was a compaq mini-pc that and this time it was starfish packed in cracker boxes etc. But the airport security and TSA seem to have their shit together now that its been a couple years after 911 and they've had time to figure everything out, get organized, and for all intensive purposes get rid of the shitheads that they had working for them... however recently I read an article that a few people working for the TSA had been caught stealing watches and such out of peoples bags... but even they got caught...
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/12/nyregion/12jfk.html

[[Syntax]]

Well when I say I packed all kinds of crap. I packed items I thought might appear on the scavenger hunt, as well as prehunt items, a Super Soaker 50, I left the bottle unscrewed, thought they might think It contained something. I dissasembled my collector on a cantenna and took it thru as carry on, though I left the N connector and recieving pin installed onto the can.

Someone else carried a medium sized philips screwdriver as carry on. I guess they arent checking very thoroughly. They always seem to be more concerned with my shoes than whats in my backpack.

[allentrace]

You would be better off with NO ID than non matching ID.

Correct me if I am wrong but for flights not purchased by yourself, and you are over 18 then dont you need some form of ID to board?

[skroo]

Correct me if I am wrong but for flights not purchased by yourself, and you are over 18 then dont you need some form of ID to board?

You need it, but appearing at a security check with non-matching ID appears more suspicious than not having any in the first place.

[allentrace]

You need it, but appearing at a security check with non-matching ID appears more suspicious than not having any in the first place.

The ID Names matched perfectly on both my drivers liscense and my military dependant ID. Xodia who purchased the tickets gave my incorrect Nickname on the Airline Ticket. Besides both my forms of Id had pictures on them of myself, I was merely commenting on the hassle at the check in.