Good deed done by a TSA employee
The news (and I) loves to blast TSA employees when they are found out to have skeletons in the background or use the job to steal and commit other offenses so it…
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TSA 1: Grace: 0, traveling with ice packs
This week I was flying with the oral Typhoid vaccine. It consists of 4 pills that are taken every other day and must be kept refrigerated (but not frozen). Since it should…
Backscatters removed from US airports
There are two types of Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) used by TSA. One is the Backscatter which is the machine with 2 big blue boxes and the other is the Millimeter Wave…
Precheck actually available for international travelers
As of yesterday, May 7, international itineraries are finally available for Pre✓ as well. Passengers flying internationally from the 40 participating TSA Pre✓™ airports may be eligible to receive expedited screening. In…
Delta to add precheck indicator to kiosk boarding passes
From DLCorpGuy on Flyertalk We’ve got some good news for you if you’ve already experienced TSA PreCheck. Starting today, we will become the first airline to print an indicator on kiosk-printed boarding…
Precheck to Canada…not yet
Flew CLT-DTW-YYZ today on Delta. I know in theory international tickets are not precheck eligible, but this thread on Flyertalk led me to try anyway. Even though I have a high success…
Knives on Planes…Oh My!
Well it seems that TSA’s new policy to allow pocket knives is actually getting a lot of backlash so I will give credit where credit is due. First, I think repealing the…
My response to TSA’s attempt at questioning
This morning at CLT I was the only one in line so of course that meant the floating talker tried to strike up a conversation. TSO: “Good morning” Me: “‘Morning” TSO: “So,…
Almost another Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) Opt-Out
Today I was flying out of SEA and at the check point I was at it appeared that all of the Backscatter machines were in use so it didn’t matter what line…
Is a Trusted Traveler Program almost a reality?
The pilot test is based on U.S. customs programs and initially will be available only to certain participants in the customs program and a limited number of air travelers. Those include certain…