So what's in your wallet?

[William]

In my vast flying experience I’ve discovered that things vary from one airport to the next as far as personal items goes.

Heck, it varies from day to day or person to person. When I was flying to L.A. from Chicago O'Hare last April, I had to go twice (initial flight was rained out so I had to book another one next day). Day one, during the rain storm, I flew right through security, didn't even take my laptop out of the bag (I think). Next day, got a right bollocking for that from a security guy and had to have my shoes re-examined. Same exact stuff I had the day before.

No problems leaving via LAX, however, just a long line.

Never figured out that laptop bag thing. I'm reasonably sure that it's not lead lined or anything. I mean, my camera bag is better padded and I didn't have to open it up or anything.

 

[jsneddon]

oh...

and what I carry...

wallet
keys with swiss army knife attached
cell phone (i am the 24/7 guy always)
building access badge
Pilot G2 pen
Moleskin notebook (to write down all the things I remember I need to do at work while commuting 3 hours a day)
Ipod Nano

 

[Scott_Hower]

When I'm home, wallet only. Usually with about 4 different currencies: US$, UK#, Euro, Sing$, Polish Zlotys (don't ask - Polish police fine you *on the spot* for minor infractions - they actually walk you to an ATM for a payoff).

When I travel...

Wallet
Swiss Army knife
SureFire Executive E2E (flashlight)
World phone
USB drive

Too lazy to take photos as I just got back from Europe at 2:00AM local.

 

[Tinster]

Yeah Doc, it was on the water.

Homeland Security check in for a cruise to Aruba
on Royal Caribbean out of San Juan.

My kit goes with me out of habit; don't even think
about it.

Dumped the whole kit into the plastic basket and walked
thru the metal detector. The HS folks took me aside pretty
fast on the other side.

Like I was gonna highjack a cruise liner with my fishing
knife! Goodness sakes alive.

The real kicker is I always have a single edged razor
blade in my wallet, along with my St. Christopher.
Never been picked up once on X-ray.

d

 

[bugimike]

<span style='font-family: Arial Black'><span style='font-size: 17pt'><span style="color: #FF0000">NOW</span></span> </span>they know Dale! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif

 

[Tinster]

Old habit, Mike-

We flew to China for a vacation two weeks after 9-11.
Back when I could still fly.

I put the single edge in my wallet, just in case.
I figured I'd take out one terrorist if anything
bad happened on our flight. If the X-ray caught it?
Then I'd know not to bring it again.

X-ray never picked it up and I never got to fly with
highjackers. Now I can't fly but if terrorists take
over the San Juan harbour ferry .............I'm prepared!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif

 

[tony barnhill]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Now I can't fly but if terrorists take
over the San Juan harbour ferry .............I'm prepared!! [/QUOTE]
Did I miss something? When did you get put on the banned list?

 

[Tinster]

3 years ago- medical reasons-lungs

 

[sparkydave]

Let's see, I've got my car keys, house keys, watch, cell phone (not always with me, but pretty often), Swiss Army knife, and my wallet. I usually remember to leave the knife at home when I go flying, because of that one time I was in a hurry to get to the airport and just grabbed the usual wad of stuff that goes in my pocket. The TSA guys gave my knife the thumbs down, though they agreed it was a good knife (it was).

Funny story on airport screeners and stuff in wallets or purses though. My mom once put the broken sliding door handle from our old van in her purse, and promptly forgot it was there. The funny thing was the shape of it closely resembled a semi-automatic handgun without a trigger guard. So she didn't quite understand why the X-ray operator asked her to empty her purse and all the plainclothes officers nearby suddenly went for their sidearms when she pulled out a door handle. They looked over it pretty carefully to make sure it wasn't a gun disguised as a door handle.

 

[Bret]

Old habit, Mike-

We flew to China for a vacation two weeks after 9-11.
Back when I could still fly.

I put the single edge in my wallet, just in case.
I figured I'd take out one terrorist if anything
bad happened on our flight. If the X-ray caught it?
Then I'd know not to bring it again.

X-ray never picked it up and I never got to fly with
highjackers. Now I can't fly but if terrorists take
over the San Juan harbour ferry .............I'm prepared!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif

Ok I'm confused. When did they start making you put your "wallet" through the X-ray system. I've taken spare change out of my pockets, taken off my belt, boots and even my hat & coat - but I've never been asked to remove my wallet to go through the scanner.

Are you sure you don't mean the walk through "metal" detector? If so it's not un common for something like a small pin knife not to be detected by the metal detector. I leave my watch on all the time & it never sets off the scanners and it's bigger than most pocket knifes.

 

[William]

Old habit, Mike-

We flew to China for a vacation two weeks after 9-11.
Back when I could still fly.

I put the single edge in my wallet, just in case.
I figured I'd take out one terrorist if anything
bad happened on our flight. If the X-ray caught it?
Then I'd know not to bring it again.

X-ray never picked it up and I never got to fly with
highjackers. Now I can't fly but if terrorists take
over the San Juan harbour ferry .............I'm prepared!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif

Ok I'm confused. When did they start making you put your "wallet" through the X-ray system. I've taken spare change out of my pockets, taken off my belt, boots and even my hat & coat - but I've never been asked to remove my wallet to go through the scanner.

Are you sure you don't mean the walk through "metal" detector? If so it's not un common for something like a small pin knife not to be detected by the metal detector. I leave my watch on all the time & it never sets off the scanners and it's bigger than most pocket knifes.

I had to put my wallet through the x-ray machine, especially the second time through O'Hare when I didn't take my laptop out of the bag. The security person saw it in my back pocket and made me take it out and run it through. Was told to run it through at LAX as well.

-William

 

[Nunyas]

ditto... everytime I've gone through, I've been told to put my wallet in the bin. Burbank, LAX, Okaloosa Municipal... I don't think Dallas/Fort Worth told me to, but I'd become so accustom to doing it everywhere else I just did it anyways.

 

[tony barnhill]

I fly all the time - never take off my belt, never take my wallet or silver money clip out of my pockets - & never set off an alarm! Some airports require that I take off my shoes, some don't....they all require that I take my computer out of my backpack but the new little camera I bought last trip went through security down in the bottom of the backpack!

....& not 1 airport has ever asked me about all the medicine & my blood/sugar measuring kit that's always in my backpack...about 7 or 8 bottles of pills & those little needles!

 

[Bret]

Ok like Tony I travel all the time (surprising little though the last couple of months for some reason) and have never taken my wallet out of my pocket. But I will admit that I’ve seen other folks asked to remove their wallets when going through security. One person was asked to remove their wallet and any other items on their person after they’d already set off the metal detector right before TSA folks “WANDED” them. The other was a couple of guys who had those big wallets that look like checkbooks when chains hang’in off’um and where asked to take them off & run them through the x-ray system because they’d set off the detector for sure. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

Bout the only thing that kills me when I have to go through security is if I forget about my belt buckles. However I’ve been in the industry for a while now and depending on the sensitivity of the systems I know what ones I need to take off my belt and what ones I don't.

But my boots always have to come off nowadays.

 

[William]

Ok Bout the only thing that kills me when I have to go through security is if I forget about my belt buckles.

I wear a belt with a large buckle, and it did not set off the alarm, nor was I asked to remove it. Of all the things on my person when I took that trip, the big leather belt was the one thing that I could conceivably use to hurt someone, as I imagine that it would leave a nasty welt or bruise if I smacked someone with it.

-William