<p>Seattle is running about 4 hours to get through security with the line all the way into the parking garage. Yikes!!</p>
<p>I was going to book flights today for a quick trip early next week; now I’m not sure I want to go. </p>
<p>I’d be interesting in knowing what people are experiencing today and tomorrow…</p>
<p>Oh, great! My husband is flying from Seattle tomorrow, noonish. Wonder what time we should leave for the airport? The airline site is saying two hours ahead will be enough . . .</p>
<p>Delta is posting 3 hours on their website. I’m flying next week on a business trip that I could drive on - maybe that will be better???</p>
<p>You’ll probably get an update on your local news tonight for each airport. I’ll bet that alot of the delays today will be people who didn’t know about the “no liquids, no electronics” rule and have to go through everything by hand. </p>
<p>There will still be the fights over cellphones, etc for quite awhile. </p>
<p>cangel: if the drive isn’t too much, you should just do it. 3 hours ahead to go and 3 hours ahead to get back is alot of down time esp. when you can’t do any work while you wait.</p>
<p>The Atlanta airport is saying arrive 3 hours before your flight. I wonder if that will change in the next week or so after people know what they can and can’t carry on? It seems that much of the delay is due to people having to empty their carry on bags.</p>
<p>Me, I think they should have a special line for people who are willing to check everything and show up naked ;)</p>
<p>Said one woman interviewed just now, as she was throwing away hundreds of dollars worth of makeup - foundation, blush, lip gloss, mouthwash, lotion, etc. </p>
<p>A typical one-day trip for me - and I do it a LOT - is leave for the airport at, like, 5 in the morning, in a suit, board a plane at 6:50-ish, land somewhere by 9:00-ish, be in meetings all day, then back to the airport for the last flight out, which usually boards between 7 -8 p.m., back home by 10 - 11.</p>
<p>I’m trying to imagine having that day without my toothpaste, mouthwash, lotion, the stuff for under my eyes that I imagine makes me look 21 instead of 40-ish. etc. I’m guessing if this goes on for long, there will be terrific business opportunities for merchants of personal products at airports. But they’ll have to sell all very tiny, single-use stuff though - if you’re in a city for one day, you cannot bring the stuff back on the return flight.</p>
<p>lol, DMD! That might be a very short, fast line, indeed!</p>
<p>Any new rules on laptops?</p>
<p>Seriously! I forgot about laptops! How can they reasonably expect people to check laptops???</p>
<p>It is so frustrating. I give them credit for foiling plots, but they continue to impose ridiculous restrictions based on OLD plots. Plastic knives and no tweezers because terrorists used box cutters. Now no liquids and no carry-ons because terrorists were going to mix explosives on the plane.</p>
<p>In the next plot, terrorists will try to slip bombs past security in their checked suitcases (I know this is pretty obvious). After that, airlines will prohibit all checked baggage, right? Any suitcases will cost extra and will be flown on separate baggage/cargo flights. Sounds crazy but actually might not be a bad idea.</p>
<p>DAD only limited on international flights - as are all electronics - not allowed for carry-on.</p>
<p>If one needs to take stuff that is limited - will have to be in checked bag - for any flight.</p>
<p>The limitations are different for in-US and out-of-US.</p>
<p>I just called AA and confirmed laptops are o.k. within the U.S., however, they said that could change.</p>
<p>Thursday, August 10, 2006
After the bomb plot: tips for travelers
From packing to getting to the airport to getting through security, here are some tips for travelers as a result of the liquid bomb plot broken up by British security agencies:
<a href=“http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2006/08/from_packing_to.html[/url]”>http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2006/08/from_packing_to.html</a></p>
<p>Coming OUT of the UK - TO the US - NO carry-on is being allowed - being on RED alert - no electronics are being allowed (no computers/cell phnes/ipod’s/etc…) - no pocketbooks either - JUST passports - eye glasses - personal medications/baby formula - passengers are being given clear plastic bags to put these items in. Everything has to be in checked/searched baggage.</p>
<p>The US being on Orange alert - is still allowing carry on’s - with limitations and electronics are being allowed at this time</p>
<p>Definitely a quick course in how to - or not to - pack - quickly. Those already bulging suit-cases are gonna be busting.</p>
<p>This is getting so silly. Maybe we should just not have planes at all. So, if you cannot have electronics how do business people get anywhere with their phones and laptops now? Those idiots that put luggage in planes just throw it around, they don’t care about people’s personal property, so it would damage an electronic device.</p>
<p>My daughter left JFK this afternoon on a domestic flight. She said it wasn’t too backed up – she made it through check in and security in an hour which isn’t too much more than usual. But, boy were they collecting barrels of toiletries at security!</p>
<p>Fed-Ex your laptop to your destination ahead of time maybe? It will be less likely to be lost or damaged that luggage checked on an airline I think.</p>