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Locking Luggage
What is the general feeling about not locking your luggage per the new
guidelines? We have built-in locks in our luggage and if you don't lock it, it's very easy for the latches to be opened. On our last trip, one of the latches was open when we got our bags from the luggage belt. Luckily we have straps around them just for this reason. Any experience with the TSA opening your locked bags? Any stolen items from unlocked luggage? |
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Locking Luggage
On disembarkation in FLL last Saturday, our combination locks were cut
off both bags before they got to the warehouse. One bag had a TSA seal and the other did not. The unsealed bag had contained our digital camera (and ALL OUR PHOTOS). This was by far the stupidest thing I have ever done. They could have taken anything else out of that suitcase and I wouldn't be upset. I can buy another camera, but the photos are irreplaceable. Candy -- searching for receipts Doug wrote: What is the general feeling about not locking your luggage per the new guidelines? We have built-in locks in our luggage and if you don't lock it, it's very easy for the latches to be opened. On our last trip, one of the latches was open when we got our bags from the luggage belt. Luckily we have straps around them just for this reason. Any experience with the TSA opening your locked bags? Any stolen items from unlocked luggage? |
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Locking Luggage - TSA claim
Thanks for the tip, Jim... I didn't know you could file a claim with the
TSA. The claim form is at http://www.tsa.gov/public/interweb/a...v_9-1-2003.pdf Candy Jim wrote: I always lock my luggage and if I can use cable ties of a certain color so that I will know if anyone has entered my luggage. I completely disagree with these TSA people being able to search my luggage without me being present but I know it won;t change just yet but my voice will be heard if they do. As for theft from luggage, it has skyrocketed since this inception and thousands of complaints are registered weekly with TSA, you just don't hear much about it. They did a sting in Miami and caught a couple of TSA types stealing thousands of dollars worth of things but after the initial blurb in the news it was quickly quieted. Jim "Doug" wrote in message ... What is the general feeling about not locking your luggage per the new guidelines? We have built-in locks in our luggage and if you don't lock it, it's very easy for the latches to be opened. On our last trip, one of the latches was open when we got our bags from the luggage belt. Luckily we have straps around them just for this reason. Any experience with the TSA opening your locked bags? Any stolen items from unlocked luggage? |
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Locking Luggage
I purchased some numbered plastic locks that work similar to cable ties.
They are called Tamper Gard manufactured by Austin House. Once locked in place, they must be cut off. They can't be replaced without leaving evidence of the luggage being tampered with because the number is unique. Since I am cheap and don't want to keep buying new ones, I put the through only one zipper tab. I put a key lock thorough the other zipper tab and lock it to the plastic lock. I can unlock the key lock and open the bag, saving the plastic lock. If the TSA wants to get in, they cut the plastic lock which I will then replace. What is the general feeling about not locking your luggage per the new guidelines? We have built-in locks in our luggage and if you don't lock it, it's very easy for the latches to be opened. On our last trip, one of the latches was open when we got our bags from the luggage belt. Luckily we have straps around them just for this reason. Any experience with the TSA opening your locked bags? Any stolen items from unlocked luggage? |
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Locking Luggage
If someone wants to steal something out of your luggage, not many locks will
stop them! May not be TSA personnel doing the stealing. Many hands touch that suitcase after you leave it at the airport. If concerned, put item(s) in your carry on. In regard to being present when TSA "may" open your luggage - Can you imagine the chaos and delays this would create! Just use a plastic tie or belt to avoid unintentional opening. "Doug" wrote in message ... What is the general feeling about not locking your luggage per the new guidelines? We have built-in locks in our luggage and if you don't lock it, it's very easy for the latches to be opened. On our last trip, one of the latches was open when we got our bags from the luggage belt. Luckily we have straps around them just for this reason. Any experience with the TSA opening your locked bags? Any stolen items from unlocked luggage? |
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Locking Luggage - TSA claim
I only lock my luggage when you have to put it out in the hallway the
night before disembarkation. DON'T keep the locks on before checking it in with the airlines unless you want to take a chance and get the locks cut off. Upon retrieving my bag in PHL after the cruise there was one of those green plastic things put on my bag where the lock goes. I didn't put it on so I can only surmise that TSA opened my bag and hand searched it in Miami? |
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Locking Luggage
I always lock my luggage and if I can use cable ties of a certain color so
that I will know if anyone has entered my luggage. I completely disagree with these TSA people being able to search my luggage without me being present but I know it won;t change just yet but my voice will be heard if they do. As for theft from luggage, it has skyrocketed since this inception and thousands of complaints are registered weekly with TSA, you just don't hear much about it. They did a sting in Miami and caught a couple of TSA types stealing thousands of dollars worth of things but after the initial blurb in the news it was quickly quieted. Jim "Doug" wrote in message ... What is the general feeling about not locking your luggage per the new guidelines? We have built-in locks in our luggage and if you don't lock it, it's very easy for the latches to be opened. On our last trip, one of the latches was open when we got our bags from the luggage belt. Luckily we have straps around them just for this reason. Any experience with the TSA opening your locked bags? Any stolen items from unlocked luggage? |
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Locking Luggage
At the ticket counter on a flight last week in San Francisco they were
asking everybody with real locks on their bags to please unlock them. When we landed there were many bags (well over half of them) that has the inspected by the TSA sticker on them, and about half of those had badly busted locks because people still lock their bags. If your lock can't be popped if they need to without damaging the bag, then I wouldn't lock it. The ticket counter was recommending tape around the bag, this way you could tell if they were in it, and they could get in without damaging the bag. "Doug" wrote in message ... What is the general feeling about not locking your luggage per the new guidelines? We have built-in locks in our luggage and if you don't lock it, it's very easy for the latches to be opened. On our last trip, one of the latches was open when we got our bags from the luggage belt. Luckily we have straps around them just for this reason. Any experience with the TSA opening your locked bags? Any stolen items from unlocked luggage? |
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Locking Luggage
The last time I was in the Miami airport, they had stations where you could
pay to have your bags tightly wrapped in plastic. The only people I saw getting this done appeared to be from Latin America. My guess is that they were concerned about their bags being opened by luggage handlers in their own countries. I'm curious about what happened to that service. If the TSA wants to get into one of those bags, they'll have to cut through all that plastic. |
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Locking Luggage
They are still around, though not as busy. It cuts off with one slit of a
razor knife. "Odysseus" wrote in message news:uuikb.173019$%h1.165277@sccrnsc02... The last time I was in the Miami airport, they had stations where you could pay to have your bags tightly wrapped in plastic. The only people I saw getting this done appeared to be from Latin America. My guess is that they were concerned about their bags being opened by luggage handlers in their own countries. I'm curious about what happened to that service. If the TSA wants to get into one of those bags, they'll have to cut through all that plastic. |
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