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Advice on air travel

gan6660

gan6660

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So Wensday I am leaving on a trip for Arizona. The last time I went on an airplane was to Florida in 2001. I never took any electronics with me since I was only 9. I am going to take my MBP, ipod touch, psp and maybe my dsi. Now since these are all carry ons do I have to take each one out of my bag? Will I have to turn my MBP on? The MBP will be inside an incase sleeve which will be inside a cheap bag my mom got free from staples so I think ill just throw my other stuff in there as well. Now should I take my charger with me on the carry on or in my suitcase? Will I have any problem with security using this bag? Since this is my first time on a plane after Sept. 11th I am kind of nervous.
 
So they just want to see the computer and I dont have to turn it on?
 
old-wiz said:
Some TSAs will make you turn it on if they are suspicious.
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Honestly, the amount of times I've flown with a notebook alongside the number of times people carry on laptops per day ... TSAs rarely ask this of you.
 
Usually they won't ask you to remove it from the sleeve, so I would leave it in the sleeve.
 
I was flying to BWI and Dulles frequently and started placing my laptop in a large ziploc bag - I would place it in the tray - very clear as to what it was - never asked to turn it on.
 
shivermetimbers said:
I flew through SeaTac and BWI (international). They let me keep my MBP in the Vyper case and put it in its own tray for scanning...no issues.
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Yeah, I've never had to remove my MBP from its sleeve. I just place the sleeve in a tray and go through the detector. No problems with them asking me to take it out and turn it on.
 
not only will they make you take the computer out of the sleeve and turn it on, they'll make you strip down to your underwear, make you sing the national anthem backwards, and tickle you with feathers while you stand on one foot.

TSA is rough these days
 
gan6660 said:
So Wensday I am leaving on a trip for Arizona. The last time I went on an airplane was to Florida in 2001. I never took any electronics with me since I was only 9. I am going to take my MBP, ipod touch, psp and maybe my dsi. Now since these are all carry ons do I have to take each one out of my bag? Will I have to turn my MBP on? The MBP will be inside an incase sleeve which will be inside a cheap bag my mom got free from staples so I think ill just throw my other stuff in there as well. Now should I take my charger with me on the carry on or in my suitcase? Will I have any problem with security using this bag? Since this is my first time on a plane after Sept. 11th I am kind of nervous.
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Actually, you'll have to turn it off...
 
does getting the computer through the TSA x-ray machine damages the computer (maybe the battery...)???? even if it was shutdown???
 
I usually carry my laptop in a sleeve inside my carryon bag. Most places want you to take the laptop out of the bag when putting it through the x-ray machines. I always keep it in the sleeve and put it in one of the trays. Except for in some airports they want you to keep it in the bag.

I think only one time have I been asked to turn it on. I forgot which country it was. I just took it out of the sleeve and opened the lid and showed the screen working. I think it was in sleep mode. I usually have it in sleep mode when flying but sometimes turned off completely.
 
I've had to take my laptop out of my sleeve the last three or four times I've gone through security. Lately they've been running it through the machine three and four times (it's a uMBP) which gets a little frustrating. I've never been asked to turn it on. I'd highly recommend keeping the charger and laptop separate while going through security just to make things easier.

Oh well, could be worse.
 
Just got back from NYC last week and had to take my MBP out of the sleeve when going through security. That was through JFK.
 
For those of you being asked to take it out of the sleeve, are you then putting it in the bin completely by itself or are you just setting it on top of the sleeve?
 
puma1552 said:
For those of you being asked to take it out of the sleeve, are you then putting it in the bin completely by itself or are you just setting it on top of the sleeve?
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This last time I was able to set on top of of the sleeve. However usually the laptop needs to be in a bin by itself. YMMV
 
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