PSA/Warning for those who fly within the USA
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 2:03 pm
Post by librarylady on about an hour ago
If you are flying, and make a connecting flight...
If TSA has selected you for increased search/scrutiny, then KEEP ALL boarding passes until you are home. You may be asked to show that boarding pass again.
Backstory:
Yesterday as we returned from Vancouver, I was (lucky me) selected for increased searching etc. My boarding pass had multiple SSSSSS at the bottom to indicate I was to be thoroughly searched. In Vancouver, after TSA had done all the searching, my boarding pass was stamped and I was sent on my way.
I almost threw that boarding pass away, but did not because of karma.
Our journey included a flight change in Seattle.
As I attempted to board the plane in Seattle, the gate attendant told me I had to show them the first boarding pass, with the stamp, to prove I had been thoroughly searched.
I could not find it in my carry on bags.
PANIC! I emptied the bag 3 times, on my knees beside the gate check in, and could not find it. More PANIC!
Airline people told me I would not be allowed on the plane without the boarding pass to the first leg of the journey--and they would have to escort me back to TSA and I would miss my flight if I could not show them the boarding pass from Vancouver.
Finally in desperation, I flung around the newspaper I had been reading, (and was in my carry on bag), and the boarding pass flew out.
WHEW! Frankly, I am angry that no one told me I would have to show the boarding pass again. Really? I often toss the first one when I travel so that I won't have it confused with the second part of the trip.
Moral of story: Keep all boarding passes in easy reach until your journey is complete.
If you are flying, and make a connecting flight...
If TSA has selected you for increased search/scrutiny, then KEEP ALL boarding passes until you are home. You may be asked to show that boarding pass again.
Backstory:
Yesterday as we returned from Vancouver, I was (lucky me) selected for increased searching etc. My boarding pass had multiple SSSSSS at the bottom to indicate I was to be thoroughly searched. In Vancouver, after TSA had done all the searching, my boarding pass was stamped and I was sent on my way.
I almost threw that boarding pass away, but did not because of karma.
Our journey included a flight change in Seattle.
As I attempted to board the plane in Seattle, the gate attendant told me I had to show them the first boarding pass, with the stamp, to prove I had been thoroughly searched.
I could not find it in my carry on bags.
PANIC! I emptied the bag 3 times, on my knees beside the gate check in, and could not find it. More PANIC!
Airline people told me I would not be allowed on the plane without the boarding pass to the first leg of the journey--and they would have to escort me back to TSA and I would miss my flight if I could not show them the boarding pass from Vancouver.
Finally in desperation, I flung around the newspaper I had been reading, (and was in my carry on bag), and the boarding pass flew out.
WHEW! Frankly, I am angry that no one told me I would have to show the boarding pass again. Really? I often toss the first one when I travel so that I won't have it confused with the second part of the trip.
Moral of story: Keep all boarding passes in easy reach until your journey is complete.
