Locked or unlocked luggage?
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Locked or unlocked luggage?
I always use the TSA-approved locks when I fly domestic. However, I will be leaving for Italy in a couple of months and wonder what most travelers do when they fly international.
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FWIW, we always use the TSA locks both domestically and internationally. So far no one has tried to open them... nor taken any issue with the fact that they're there (unlike my old, pre-TSA locks which I was told on more than one occasion could be cut off).
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Hi M,
We put cable ties on the zippers.
Foreign security personnel are far less likely to bother trying to open TSA locks than those at home.
You can always put your locks on after you retrieve your luggage.
We put cable ties on the zippers.
Foreign security personnel are far less likely to bother trying to open TSA locks than those at home.
You can always put your locks on after you retrieve your luggage.
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Another vote for cable ties - doesn't stop people getting into the luggage but you know if they have.
Since the episode with te Australian woman going to Thailand a lot of people have been using cable wraps
Since the episode with te Australian woman going to Thailand a lot of people have been using cable wraps
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I don't ever lock my luggage. I use the little twist ties to keep the zippers from opening but that's it. I don't lock it in the hotel room either. If someone wants it all they have to do is cut it or just roll it out the door. At the same time, I keep what little jewelry I take and anything else truly important in my purse.
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The one time I locked my luggage was the when I had packed things of value. Of course, all of my treasures, including my new camera and extra lenses were gone when I opened my bag. Locks still tightly closed, of course.
If a crooked baggage handler wants your stuff from checked luggage, he can get through those Mickey Mouse locks with no trouble. I just use the cable ties now.
I consider locks worse than useless, serving only as a signal to the baggage crooks that you have goodies inside.
If a crooked baggage handler wants your stuff from checked luggage, he can get through those Mickey Mouse locks with no trouble. I just use the cable ties now.
I consider locks worse than useless, serving only as a signal to the baggage crooks that you have goodies inside.
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Cable ties work for me. I've learned from experience in the past few years to spread out clumps of things in my luggage, such as paperback books (to Europe) and chocolate (from Europe). Before I read about doing this, my bags were opened every time; since I've learned to distribute dense items, they haven't been opened.