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So... when you are flying, "Power off electronic devices..."

PegasusTenma said:
To be honest they are kind of making you undress too. Depends on the airport, but yeah, shoes, belt, and if something looks suspicious, sometimes more stuff haha.
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True! Won't be long before we have to go through in our birthday suits ... mark my words! LOL!😀
 
PegasusTenma said:
That's not a better question, you ALWAYS have to take everything extra off to go trough security. Specially metals.
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Again, you guys are thinking US only. I hadn't worn a watch for a long before the Apple Watch so I wasn't sure, but flying within Australia I've been told not to bother taking it off. Metal belts I rarely take off either. In the US it's a different story but here I can almost always walk through the metal detector just fine with small amounts of metal like that. I believe the sensitivity of the machine is adjustable.
 
J.C said:
Again, you guys are thinking US only. I hadn't worn a watch for a long before the Apple Watch so I wasn't sure, but flying within Australia I've been told not to bother taking it off. Metal belts I rarely take off either. In the US it's a different story but here I can almost always walk through the metal detector just fine with small amounts of metal like that. I believe the sensitivity of the machine is adjustable.
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Nope, not USA.

But I've traveled almost the entirety of Europe and part of South America and I've always had to take all the stuff off for international travels.

But I admit I forgot about national flights, and I don't do many of those so I don't really know how different airports handle that. Sorry.
 
J.C said:
Again, you guys are thinking US only. I hadn't worn a watch for a long before the Apple Watch so I wasn't sure, but flying within Australia I've been told not to bother taking it off. Metal belts I rarely take off either. In the US it's a different story but here I can almost always walk through the metal detector just fine with small amounts of metal like that. I believe the sensitivity of the machine is adjustable.
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You don't have to take your watch (or belt) off in the US either if you know it won't set off the detectors. Sometimes you get a rouge TSA agent who insists, but most of the time it's at your discretion. If you set of the detectors, then back you go.

Of course I should add, since we all seem to be so uptight in this tread regarding fact vs. personal experience, that's been my personal, frequent, and very recent experience.
 
PegasusTenma said:
That's not a better question, you ALWAYS have to take everything extra off to go trough security. Specially metals.
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If you go through Pre-check in the US they will tell you to keep all your jewelry, watches, shoes, etc. on.

I don't have another flight until next month, but I plan to tuck my watch into my bag when it's time to go through the metal detector/body scanner, just to be on the safe side.
 
PegasusTenma said:
That's not a better question, you ALWAYS have to take everything extra off to go trough security. Specially metals.
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NovemberWhiskey said:
Better question: Are they making you take the watch off when you go through security? I would hate to have the watch scratched up in the plastic bins.
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In the pre-check line, you don't need to take off a watch. I went through with a Milanese Loop band with no issue.
 
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