Flying Somewhere? Avoid Checking Your Baggage: This article is about LAX, but I've heard the same thing about many airports. Keep you luggage with you.

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Mar 29, 2014 08:18:59 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

This article is about LAX, but I've heard the same thing about many airports. Keep you luggage with you.

http://gawker.com/lax-baggage-handlers-took-whatever-they-wanted-from-bag-1553262643

Mar 29, 2014 09:24:36 #

wireman8 Loc: Toledo, Ohio

Yeah just drag it down the aisle, hitting every other passenger, and try and cram it into the overhead bin.

Mar 29, 2014 09:38:55 #

Ambrose Loc: North America

jerryc41 wrote:

This article is about LAX, but I've heard the same thing about many airports. Keep you luggage with you.

http://gawker.com/lax-baggage-handlers-took-whatever-they-wanted-from-bag-1553262643

I posted something similar a while back involving the regular theft going on by the TSA. It's is a real issue that is getting out of hand.

Another suggestion I've read is that if it's going to be a long stay, ship your baggage both ways. Makes it much easier to move about as well.

Mar 29, 2014 11:29:11 #

kurtinnj Loc: Rio Rancho, New Mexico

I always check my bags, never lock them. I have never had a problem.

Mar 29, 2014 11:37:17 #

SherriA Loc: After 2 yrs in Italy, back home in Florida

jerryc41 wrote:

This article is about LAX, but I've heard the same thing about many airports. Keep you luggage with you.

http://gawker.com/lax-baggage-handlers-took-whatever-they-wanted-from-bag-1553262643

The trick is carrying your valuable stuff with you. Clothes and bath items can easily be replaced.

Mar 29, 2014 11:47:12 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

SherriA wrote:

The trick is carrying your valuable stuff with you. Clothes and bath items can easily be replaced.

My only "valuable" I bring when I travel is a camera, maybe a lens and a cell phone.

Mar 29, 2014 11:54:46 #

mwoods222 Loc: Newburg N.Y,

Anyone getting into my bags will be the same poor ass coming out

Mar 30, 2014 08:35:27 #

EoS_User Loc: Oshawa, Ontario Canada

I traveled all over North America for over 10 years for business. I was on flights at least every Monday and Friday, sometimes mid-week as well. Never once lost any baggage or had anything go missing. I had two cases of tools and equipment I carried as well as my clothing and laptop computer. Oh, there were days I wished my equipment didn't show up but it always did. This is not to say it wasn't delayed a few times, it was, but never lost or stolen.

Mar 30, 2014 09:47:02 #

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

I always carry on my most valuable assets. I use a PacSafe strap around my suitcase. It has a lock that can only be opened by the TSA. If you have a suitcase that can be locked with a padlock, there are TSA-approved padlocks that can be opened by the TSA but makes it much harder for anyone else to casually get in to.

Mar 30, 2014 09:48:54 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

sb wrote:

The first time I checked luggage with TSA locks, I had to remove them. Go figure. Now I check nothing.

Mar 30, 2014 12:08:22 #

MARTYIV Loc: On the Wabash

In the last 15 years I have visited 99 countries, seven continents, and every state in United States. My wife had a bottle of perfume and a unmarked box of aspirin stolen from her suitcase in the Dominican Republic. Stuff happens.

Mar 30, 2014 12:12:16 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

MARTYIV wrote:

Ah, white pills in an unmarked container. You should have brought some white powder in zip lock bags. :D

Mar 30, 2014 12:18:52 #

UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA

jerryc41 wrote:

This article is about LAX, but I've heard the same thing about many airports. Keep you luggage with you.

http://gawker.com/lax-baggage-handlers-took-whatever-they-wanted-from-bag-1553262643

Always try to send mine the day before by Fed Ex, it's there waiting on me when I get there.

Mar 30, 2014 12:21:50 #

MARTYIV Loc: On the Wabash

A few years back I was strip-searched in Caracas Venezuela when they discovered NutraSweet individual packets in my suitcase. I learned very quickly in Spanish to say "azúcar imitación".

Mar 30, 2014 12:28:14 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

MARTYIV wrote:

A few years back I was strip-searched in Caracas Venezuela when they discovered NutraSweet individual packets in my suitcase. I learned very quickly in Spanish to say "azúcar imitación".

So, this agent, was she beautiful? :D

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