" Are you carrying anything for anyone else?"
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I had the person in front of me answer "yes" at Gatwick. They had been asked to mail a camera case back to someone in the states who had left it at a small B&B. The package was wrapped and ready for mailing. The security people unwrapped it, determined that it was indeed an empty camera case and gave it back to the traveler.
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I'm interested to read that people have actually owned up to this. We are going to a wedding and we've been asked to take a gift from some friends who can't attend. I wasn't sure whether answering "yes " would lead to us being refused boarding at worst or having the gift confiscated at best.
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Is that right though AA? Even though I know what the items are then the answer to the question they ask has to be "yes". It is not "do you own or know what you are carrying?"
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Let's be logical here.
If my sister asked me to carry a gift for our mom and it was a scarf in the box that was unwrapped, I'm not owning up to anything.
If I buy something at the airport shop and the store clerk wraps it up in front of me, I'm not owning up to anything. (after all, I should, as it was a stranger....)
If a stranger chats me up at the airport restaurant and I'm dumb enough to buy the grandma's story and carry the item to their waiting grandchildren at the other end, then I belive I should own up to the security procedure.
If my sister asked me to carry a gift for our mom and it was a scarf in the box that was unwrapped, I'm not owning up to anything.
If I buy something at the airport shop and the store clerk wraps it up in front of me, I'm not owning up to anything. (after all, I should, as it was a stranger....)
If a stranger chats me up at the airport restaurant and I'm dumb enough to buy the grandma's story and carry the item to their waiting grandchildren at the other end, then I belive I should own up to the security procedure.
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The answer is "no". Anything you are carrying is for yourself, wrapped or not, even if you are doing it as a favor for someone. That is assuming that you know exactly what you are carrying.
Any other reply wastes your time and it wastes security's time.
Any other reply wastes your time and it wastes security's time.
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I always wonder about travelers who leave their luggage in storage for several hours at a hotel before flying. It's not as if the average budget hotel worker has to pass any national/international security screening check and the average traveler doesn't re-examine his belongings after retrieving them from hotel storage.
At least bags are x-rayed before flying and taking Eurostar trains. That's not the case with taking other high-speed European trains...Thalys, ICE. Oh well, best not to think about it.
At least bags are x-rayed before flying and taking Eurostar trains. That's not the case with taking other high-speed European trains...Thalys, ICE. Oh well, best not to think about it.
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When asked if I had left my luggage unattended (in Cologne), I truthfully responded it had been left in the hallway luggage storage area while we had breakfast.
It did lead to an extra search that took a couple minutes or so.
I figured it was best to be upfront when asked such a question.
It did lead to an extra search that took a couple minutes or so.
I figured it was best to be upfront when asked such a question.
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If memory serves, it seems to me that the reason the plane exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, was that a woman was unknowingly carrying a bomb disguised as a radio. Her terrorist boyfriend had given it to her.
Do I have that right?
Do I have that right?
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Be careful if you are travelling into Australia or New Zealand. The question refers to all food. We ahve a show called Border Security and passengers get fined (quite heavily) all the time. Qantas hands out fresh fruit and customs & quarantine in Auckland fined a huge number of passengers $250 pp for taking apples off the plane and not declaring them.
Be careful if you are travelling into Australia or New Zealand. The question refers to all food. We ahve a show called Border Security and passengers get fined (quite heavily) all the time. Qantas hands out fresh fruit and customs & quarantine in Auckland fined a huge number of passengers $250 pp for taking apples off the plane and not declaring them.