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"JohnT" wrote:
"David Horne" wrote in message ... Erilar wrote: And NEVER to plan to change planes in Oslo on a Friday afternoon! They make even transfer passengers go through security again, and the line wound almost out the door! That's the case for any European transfer flight I've been on... It is also the case if you are transferring in the USA from an International flight. perhaps oddly, I haven't done that since 1998. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad |
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David Horne wrote:
Erilar wrote: And NEVER to plan to change planes in Oslo on a Friday afternoon! They make even transfer passengers go through security again, and the line wound almost out the door! That's the case for any European transfer flight I've been on... D not in copenhagen the last two times I transferred there -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad |
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On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:55:20 +0000 (UTC), Erilar
wrote: David Horne wrote: Erilar wrote: And NEVER to plan to change planes in Oslo on a Friday afternoon! They make even transfer passengers go through security again, and the line wound almost out the door! That's the case for any European transfer flight I've been on... D not in copenhagen the last two times I transferred there It something that has happened to me on every flight I've made with a 'transfer' for the past five years. |
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On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:33:11 +0200, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:55:20 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote: David Horne wrote: Erilar wrote: And NEVER to plan to change planes in Oslo on a Friday afternoon! They make even transfer passengers go through security again, and the line wound almost out the door! That's the case for any European transfer flight I've been on... D not in copenhagen the last two times I transferred there It's to stop passengesr arriving from countries with inferior security smuggling explosives and weapons into the airport. Does it work? I mean, have they actually ever caught anyone doing this? Or is it just yet another way of persuading people not to fly? |
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Martin wrote:
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:55:20 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote: David Horne wrote: Erilar wrote: And NEVER to plan to change planes in Oslo on a Friday afternoon! They make even transfer passengers go through security again, and the line wound almost out the door! That's the case for any European transfer flight I've been on... D not in copenhagen the last two times I transferred there It's to stop passengesr arriving from countries with inferior security smuggling explosives and weapons into the airport. And to **** off many buying duty free (liquids) at airports outside Europe... D -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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Erilar wrote: "JohnT" wrote: "David Horne" wrote in message ... Erilar wrote: And NEVER to plan to change planes in Oslo on a Friday afternoon! They make even transfer passengers go through security again, and the line wound almost out the door! That's the case for any European transfer flight I've been on... It is also the case if you are transferring in the USA from an International flight. perhaps oddly, I haven't done that since 1998. Nor I, because I've not traveled anywhere since 2003 (and my last couple of trips were non-stops within the US). Once I began to find walking difficult, I realized I was spending most of my stay in my hotel room, watching TV in a foreign tongue. That seemed a rather expensive way to improve my language skills, especially when the overcrowding and increasingly strict security measures had made the actual travel less than enjoyable. (If I want to watch foreign-language TV, we have five Spanish channels in Phoenix, and I could actually USE an improvement to my Spanish.) |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
Erilar wrote: "JohnT" wrote: "David Horne" wrote in message ... Erilar wrote: And NEVER to plan to change planes in Oslo on a Friday afternoon! They make even transfer passengers go through security again, and the line wound almost out the door! That's the case for any European transfer flight I've been on... It is also the case if you are transferring in the USA from an International flight. perhaps oddly, I haven't done that since 1998. Nor I, because I've not traveled anywhere since 2003 (and my last couple of trips were non-stops within the US). Once I began to find walking difficult, I realized I was spending most of my stay in my hotel room, watching TV in a foreign tongue. That seemed a rather expensive way to improve my language skills, especially when the overcrowding and increasingly strict security measures had made the actual travel less than enjoyable. (If I want to watch foreign-language TV, we have five Spanish channels in Phoenix, and I could actually USE an improvement to my Spanish.) Traveling WITH hotel when you have scenery on both sides cuts down on the walking 8-) -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad |
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On 04/28/2013 02:15 PM, David Horne wrote:
Martin wrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:55:20 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote: David Horne wrote: Erilar wrote: And NEVER to plan to change planes in Oslo on a Friday afternoon! They make even transfer passengers go through security again, and the line wound almost out the door! That's the case for any European transfer flight I've been on... D not in copenhagen the last two times I transferred there It's to stop passengesr arriving from countries with inferior security smuggling explosives and weapons into the airport. And to **** off many buying duty free (liquids) at airports outside Europe... D That is most certainly true. If you have a connecting onward flight, you have to make sure when you buy duty free liquids that the vendor seals them in a tamper-free bag good enough to satisfy security checks. There is a way round it - you go out of the security area at the transfer airport, and check the stuff in for the second leg. |
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Tom P wrote:
On 04/28/2013 02:15 PM, David Horne wrote: Martin wrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:55:20 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote: David Horne wrote: Erilar wrote: And NEVER to plan to change planes in Oslo on a Friday afternoon! They make even transfer passengers go through security again, and the line wound almost out the door! That's the case for any European transfer flight I've been on... D not in copenhagen the last two times I transferred there It's to stop passengesr arriving from countries with inferior security smuggling explosives and weapons into the airport. And to **** off many buying duty free (liquids) at airports outside Europe... D That is most certainly true. If you have a connecting onward flight, you have to make sure when you buy duty free liquids that the vendor seals them in a tamper-free bag good enough to satisfy security checks. That's not enough, I'm afraid. These sealed bags will only be accepted from a limited number of airports outside the EEA- and exclude any in India, as I found out... There is a way round it - you go out of the security area at the transfer airport, and check the stuff in for the second leg. Rarely practical though... D -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:32:44 +0200, Tom P wrote:
That is most certainly true. If you have a connecting onward flight, you have to make sure when you buy duty free liquids that the vendor seals them in a tamper-free bag good enough to satisfy security checks. That doesn't always work. Certainly airside security at Heathrow confiscates some sealed bags because they don't trust the airports that sealed them. I've seen it happen this year. A BA hostess was carrying a sealed bag with a couple of bottles in it from an African airport and she had it confiscated. She was, quite rightly, livid. |
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