cherrie I fly free anywhere on American and 90% discount on foreign airlines so I get there early and relax at airline guest lounge. Only with a carryon,57 countries,over 3 million miles,over 30 different airlines . Works every time as well.
They like to go through my hair for whatever reason. I mean it's really long, to my lower back, but when it's just lying flat I don't know how I would be able to hide anything in it.
soniastravels It's happened the last two or three times I went flying XD It wasn't even international or anything, I was going to visit my grandparents.
I had the same experience. I was flying from Hawaii back to California and they checked the crown of my head and my hair was down. I even had to pass through the TRA xray. I have no idea what they were trying to find at the top of my head.
Love your tips. I think I have watched every one of your video's.. Here's a tip from me. You know how people are stealing your credit card numbers. Or getting your information from your phone, just by passing you. Well how you stop that is: Go to any computer store and ask: Do they have any extra shipping bags. (The ones for hard drives.) They are static free bags. Before you leave for the airport. Put your wallet and cell phone in this bag. As your going threw the airport. They will not be able to retrieve your info. When you get to the TSA area. That's were they X-ray your bag. Take your wallet and phone out. When they are done. Put it back into the bag. Even the x-ray machine won't be able to see threw it. Everyone have a great trip!
noor wth I'm so sorry for how you are treated. It's embarrassing to be American sometimes these days. At least embarrassed of what our "leaders" are doing. I'm sorry, world. Please forgive us.
yup I'm Indian and I always get stared at and I'm like what the heck I promise you I'm just as normal as everyone else here with their family, super frustrating
Here’s some info. If you have a laptop, kindle, iPad, or other item(s) larger than a cell phone, that needs to go through the X-ray, you must make sure to put items either in separate bins, or side-by-side in one bin, if they’ll fit. Make sure to never overlap items in bins, because the X-ray operator needs to see through everything. Curling irons, hair straighteners, and charging cords do not need to be taken out of the bag. If you’re wearing sandals and you don’t want to wear socks, you can wear a pair of nylon flesh colored sock-lets and just dispose of them after going through TSA. And bring an empty water bottle! Airport water fountains are filtered! This info is all directly from a TSA agent, except the water tip.
I have my appointment with the TSA tomorrow morning. Yeah!!! So far, I am pre approved. I only have to to pay $85 dollars, and then I will be fully approved. Thanks!!!
I use my time in the line to take everything that needs to go through separately out of my bags, and i also have a foolproof outfit that usually includes yoga pants or leggings, shoes that are not boots or have laces (at least not high tops) and no cardigans or jackets because they make you take jackets off as well! because i travel a lot for work, i have the passport/security control mastered! And i know this mind seem offensive to some, but since i live in an eu country, i avoid getting in the all passports line, just because i know the officers give non eu residence a hard time when traveling within the eu ( sad but i ve seen it happen a lot :( )
greats tips. LOL one time I had a whole grocery bag of small bottles of hotel dish soap and they let me through. the women said was right the limit. now i think she was just being nice. nice video. We don't fly much we travel cross country with our RV and we love it!
Always a joy to watch your bubbly and perky personality, together with your helpful videos, maam. Hope you come back to make more videos in the future. More power to all your biz n endeavours. 🙂🙂🙂
I have my makeup bag (nonliquids) and my liquids bag, plus my medicine bag (I do declare it because I have quite a few I need to take daily.) I have had two different TSA agents this year already (both women!) SCOLD ME in line for my apparent vanity and how I need to "scale it back". I am within my required limits on sizes, but somehow they've felt the need to call that out! My husband was pretty shocked last time.
Love the intro!!! Finally a channel i can relate to!! (i travel w/ my family all the time, like we never stay in a place for more that 6 months (not trying to brag) )
We live in Australia and we had a 3 week trip to America and we had 9 flights the entire trip, and on the way back from Washington DC (we caught a train from New York to get to Washington DC) and my brother had TSA-Pre, and we didn't even enrol. He just... got it. But the rest of us didn't have it. He asked if he could be in the same line as us, and he got permission to come in our line, but he did the same stuff as someone in the TSA Pre line.
Can you please do a video about transfer flights on international trips? Like how much time we should allow between the time you get to the first stop and the next flight. I hope this makes sense. If not, just let me know. Thank you!
Great advice as always, thank you. I will point out that I travel with Doc Martins as my primary shoes. To save room in my suitcase I always wear them while traveling. To make the line go quickly, while in line I unlace them, tuck the laces inside so I don't trip, once I get to the front I slip them off, put them in a bin along with lots of other stuff, get scanned, gather my stuff, and then find a place to sit put everything away and put by Docs back on. It's not as quick as slip-ons, but I am able to make it mostly seamless and cause no one behind me additional time waiting.
THANK GOD I get through WITH OUT the quart sized bag. I don't put items in the quart sized bag even when they ask us to in line because I always take more liquids than allowed. I just use the 1 GALLON ziploc bag (abt size of a 8.5 X 11 paper). I put ALL my liquids in there. You know us women can't fit nothing in a tiny quart sized bag. 9/10 big airports don't check anyway. Only smaller airports!!! But I've gotten through smaller airports with this trick.Just make sure nothing goes over 3.4/ 4 ounces and TUCK everything and you are goood!!!
Hey Sonia, just found your channel [cause I may have to travel by air to places] and I'm wondering if you have any tips for first time fliers [other than the security]..
You made a quick mention of medicines. Could you explain more about traveling with multiple prescriptions please. I'm traveling to the U.K. this fall and need to know what I can and can not bring Thank you
I have a QUESTION! please HELP! can I carry an EYE LASH CURLER on my carry-on? or would they take that away? Thank you so much for the video Sonia as always, great tips.
they might take it away, try checking the website of the airline you're flying with or asking them, it can vary. They don't allow sharp things like scissors and tweezers though :) good luck
I have never had one take mine away. Ever. I keep it in my makeup bag with my brushes and dry makeup goods. It's never been mentioned. Neither have my tiny tweezers, or my metal lash comb. With VERY rare exceptions, I NEVER check bags.
Jess Rushworth I put my eyelash curler in my carry on all the time. (I never check bags, I only do carry on) there has never been a problem with it, I even have a tweezer in my carry on, also never had a problem.
Hi Sonia! Just wanted to point out that some airport security (especially in Europe) want you to take your DSLR out of your bag too. I've also had problems with purses filled with coins which they can't see through :)
I bring those disposable nylon stocking pedi feet things that shoe stores have. I slip them on over my socks/bare feet to go through security, them toss them after I get my shoes back! Bring another pair for the return flight!
Hello! I loved your video very much. It's very helpful. I also have some tips for you which I hope you'll never need. If you had surgery and if you have a pacemaker or a coclear implant ( it's a earing aid by the way) or some metal or anything that you weren't born with but you have inside of you, make sure that you have the documentation that prove it and that it is as handy as the rest of your documents such as ID. My father as a coclear implant and he spends extra 2-5 minutes in security that everyone else. It's not much more time but that only happens because he's prepared. He knows exactly what to do because he does his research so that he can get thru security as fast as possible. So here's my advice. Sorry my poor English
Hello, Carolina. I have 36 titanium pins and 4 plates in my jaws and cheek bones and have never had any problem getting through airport security when traveling to or from the US. Despite that, I also have prepared myself in the case of having to explain my robotic face to a TSA agent. 😂 I am a frequent traveler; but, so far, so good.
Sonia, My husband and I just recently started traveling, both in the US and abroad. I LOVE your videos and find them extremely helpful. I have one question... Is it preferable to have TSA precheck or global entry for someone who makes about 2 trips per year?
The only time I had to take off my shoes on an airport, was, when I travelled to the USA. Every other time I went through security, I didn't have to take them off...
Your videos are truly amazing and you deserve way more subscribers compared to the amount of work you put into these videos, but then again I guess your tips are just the local's secret! Haha Thanks Sonia!
What if you're flying First Class? Are you put into a different line than everyone else? Also, is it true that you get a pat-down-check while in Airport Security? Cause' I don't feel comfortable about that, hehe. And lastly, will your carry-on bag be checked as well, or do you get to hold on to it going through Airport Security?
Matthew Kroch I've flown first/business and you're supposed to have a separate line, they don't always do. I always ask and some agents get annoyed but if I paid for it then why not? Everything you have including Carry ons are checked. You'll only get a pat down if the detector goes off or get picked randomly at Customs.
Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't, you buy your tickets with the airline and the security is technically just a government checkpoint. So basically the TSA security doesn't have to because they aren't controlled by the airlines. But when you fly first class you get called onto the plane first because that is controlled by the airlines.
The shoes thing is just too bad for me. I'm going on a trip this year (probably the only one I'll ever take in my life) and I'll be doing hiking. I'm only taking a carry on, so I have to wear my lace up boots instead of wasting space in my bag for them. I'll keep them untied, loosened, and tuck in the laces, and that will have to do.
Tip 3 "every pax can be chosen for a special security procedure it means pat down ,search inside shoes,It happened to me in china. the most important tip "cooperate"
i usually just take everything that might keep me getting checked and stuff them in my backpack. obviously, anything like phone, chargers, earphones i put in their own pocket of the bag, just in case they ask me to open and show them. never bring water with you, unless you're ready to throw it away. i think shoes should not be a problem whatsoever.. and that's it! :D it's other who take so long to get through not me!!! :/
From my understanding (which is very limited) tsa pre-check just goes and makes sure you don't have a record and aren't a threat. They want to make sure they don't let anyone who was caught attempting to bomb a large public area, but if you were arrest for a few unpaid parking tickets then you would be fine. The only difference that I can recall is that they don't make you take off your shoes. But again they just want to make sure that they don't let a possible threat slip under their noses.
Butter Pecan Rican yes, such as shampoos, alcohol and all of that, but better not to put laptop in your checked in bag because it can get stolen, also luggage always gets thrown and can get wet and more!
So when the luqid is on the actual "big" luggage do u still need to take it out and show it to security? But can u still take the small liquds on your carry on?
Depends on where you are going and from what country. You will need a passport, and maybe a visa, proof of immunization, etc. You didn't mention your citizenship, but it American try here for information: travel.state.gov/content/travel/english.html
YT4Me57 thanks! I'm going to Philippines and i got my passport already. i feel like there's more beside passport and visa. i don't wanna have zero problems at the airport.
Imhim247 I hear you! May I also suggest that you look up the United States embassy there in the Philippines and register your trip with them? If there is civil unrest or natural disaster while you are there, they will come looking for you. I always do that when I travel to foreign countries.
I'm traveling after a long time in a few months so I'm not exactly sure how things went. But do you have to take off your earrings if you're wearing any and do you also have to put you phone in the bin? Also, can we carry regular chargers or do they have to go in checked bags? And my last question is, you can have a carry on AND a personal item which can be counted as a purse, right?
You don't need to declare pills if they are your own prescriptions. It's when you have large amounts that you need to declare it. But that's when you enter the country, not to go through security to enter the gate :)
Regarding medication, if you are traveling with less then 2 weeks worth of pills, they are not going to ask you anything. If it is liquids it has to be declared. If they are picky or do ask for info all you need is your passport and the prescription bottle, or the paperwork that says what it is and your name on it, that is usually all they need to see and you just sail right through. I have traveled in the US and to China, I travel with a few medications in a weeks pill container and I have never had any problems with them asking for anything.
I NEED ADVICE. I've heard from numerous sources that if I try to take a ceiling or straightening iron with me in a carry on ,it will be taken away. HELP PLEASE. Need to figure this out
In Singapore, everything airportish is a breeze. 1) Stuff in bins. Roughly the same but faster. 2) Kids take off shoes and through the metal detector thingy. Adults don't have to most of the time. 3) Passport + ID Check. A breeze! PS. Declaration of special liquids bla bla bla is during immigration. The place before the gate and after the airport you first step in. I apologize if information is incorrect. That's what happens on my travels. :)
I sure wish Sonia was making more videos. Her ideas were so helpful.
Tip #1: Don't wear a turban.
Tip #2: Look as white as you can.
Works everytime.
lol tip 2 killed me😂😂😂
My name doesn't help haha
cherrie
I fly free anywhere on American and 90% discount on foreign airlines so I get there early and relax at airline guest lounge.
Only with a carryon,57 countries,over 3 million miles,over 30 different airlines .
Works every time as well.
I'm very very black so that will be impossible
Racist
They like to go through my hair for whatever reason. I mean it's really long, to my lower back, but when it's just lying flat I don't know how I would be able to hide anything in it.
Check for drugs xD
WOW really?? I've never seen that! Lol
soniastravels It's happened the last two or three times I went flying XD It wasn't even international or anything, I was going to visit my grandparents.
I also have to get checked like this because of my long dreadlocks
I had the same experience. I was flying from Hawaii back to California and they checked the crown of my head and my hair was down. I even had to pass through the TRA xray. I have no idea what they were trying to find at the top of my head.
Love your tips. I think I have watched every one of your video's.. Here's a tip from me. You know how people are stealing your credit card numbers. Or getting your information from your phone, just by passing you. Well how you stop that is: Go to any computer store and ask: Do they have any extra shipping bags. (The ones for hard drives.) They are static free bags. Before you leave for the airport. Put your wallet and cell phone in this bag. As your going threw the airport. They will not be able to retrieve your info. When you get to the TSA area. That's were they X-ray your bag. Take your wallet and phone out. When they are done. Put it back into the bag. Even the x-ray machine won't be able to see threw it. Everyone have a great trip!
Wow! This video should be printed, as a poster! A sure keeper. Thanks Sonia. :)
I just saw the title and started laughing bitterly. I'm Muslim. Airport security is never quick.
noor wth Exactly. Step 1. Look like a fair-skinned western European or put on rice powder.
noor wth I'm so sorry for how you are treated. It's embarrassing to be American sometimes these days. At least embarrassed of what our "leaders" are doing. I'm sorry, world. Please forgive us.
yup I'm Indian and I always get stared at and I'm like what the heck I promise you I'm just as normal as everyone else here with their family, super frustrating
BOOM!
Ohh, an American busy feeling sooory for a self chosen dominant religion.. Sweet 👍
Ever heard of "Virtue Signalling"
Here’s some info.
If you have a laptop, kindle, iPad, or other item(s) larger than a cell phone, that needs to go through the X-ray, you must make sure to put items either in separate bins, or side-by-side in one bin, if they’ll fit. Make sure to never overlap items in bins, because the X-ray operator needs to see through everything.
Curling irons, hair straighteners, and charging cords do not need to be taken out of the bag.
If you’re wearing sandals and you don’t want to wear socks, you can wear a pair of nylon flesh colored sock-lets and just dispose of them after going through TSA. And bring an empty water bottle! Airport water fountains are filtered!
This info is all directly from a TSA agent, except the water tip.
I have my appointment with the TSA tomorrow morning. Yeah!!! So far, I am pre approved. I only have to to pay $85 dollars, and then I will be fully approved. Thanks!!!
FINALLYYYY !!! Ive been asking for this video alot! thanks !
A very charismatic and passionate UA-cam lady. Approved.
LOVE your hair fluffy like this!
thank you sonia this helped a lot
Thanks for sharing the tips... some I do follow already.. and they really help to clear the security quickly.
You have the website wrong Sonia. It should be www.tsa.gov/tsa-precheck
I use my time in the line to take everything that needs to go through separately out of my bags, and i also have a foolproof outfit that usually includes yoga pants or leggings, shoes that are not boots or have laces (at least not high tops) and no cardigans or jackets because they make you take jackets off as well! because i travel a lot for work, i have the passport/security control mastered! And i know this mind seem offensive to some, but since i live in an eu country, i avoid getting in the all passports line, just because i know the officers give non eu residence a hard time when traveling within the eu ( sad but i ve seen it happen a lot :( )
I use my time in the line to daydream about my destination xD
Pure genius.
greats tips. LOL one time I had a whole grocery bag of small bottles of hotel dish soap and they let me through. the women said was right the limit. now i think she was just being nice. nice video. We don't fly much we travel cross country with our RV and we love it!
Always a joy to watch your bubbly and perky personality, together with your helpful videos, maam. Hope you come back to make more videos in the future. More power to all your biz n endeavours. 🙂🙂🙂
I love this video and I love your channel you are very smart
I have my makeup bag (nonliquids) and my liquids bag, plus my medicine bag (I do declare it because I have quite a few I need to take daily.) I have had two different TSA agents this year already (both women!) SCOLD ME in line for my apparent vanity and how I need to "scale it back". I am within my required limits on sizes, but somehow they've felt the need to call that out! My husband was pretty shocked last time.
Amy Dickey I feel like most of the tsa don't even know the rules
Love the intro!!! Finally a channel i can relate to!! (i travel w/ my family all the time, like we never stay in a place for more that 6 months (not trying to brag) )
We live in Australia and we had a 3 week trip to America and we had 9 flights the entire trip, and on the way back from Washington DC (we caught a train from New York to get to Washington DC) and my brother had TSA-Pre, and we didn't even enrol. He just... got it. But the rest of us didn't have it. He asked if he could be in the same line as us, and he got permission to come in our line, but he did the same stuff as someone in the TSA Pre line.
this video is why I subscribed
you are awesome , i like your videos as im packing for a long trip. Thank you !
The are-line security at Ben-Gurion is the BEST but still Sonia I love your videos
TSA pre check is $85 for those that wanna know....
Can you please do a video about transfer flights on international trips? Like how much time we should allow between the time you get to the first stop and the next flight. I hope this makes sense. If not, just let me know. Thank you!
Great advice as always, thank you. I will point out that I travel with Doc Martins as my primary shoes. To save room in my suitcase I always wear them while traveling. To make the line go quickly, while in line I unlace them, tuck the laces inside so I don't trip, once I get to the front I slip them off, put them in a bin along with lots of other stuff, get scanned, gather my stuff, and then find a place to sit put everything away and put by Docs back on. It's not as quick as slip-ons, but I am able to make it mostly seamless and cause no one behind me additional time waiting.
you are just awesome!
THANK GOD I get through WITH OUT the quart sized bag. I don't put items in the quart sized bag even when they ask us to in line because I always take more liquids than allowed.
I just use the 1 GALLON ziploc bag (abt size of a 8.5 X 11 paper). I put ALL my liquids in there. You know us women can't fit nothing in a tiny quart sized bag.
9/10 big airports don't check anyway. Only smaller airports!!! But I've gotten through smaller airports with this trick.Just make sure nothing goes over 3.4/ 4 ounces and TUCK everything and you are goood!!!
wow she's pretty 😀
Yes but doesn't she know it
Thank you for this video! It made me a little less anxious about the security line💖💖💖
so true
Saludos fellow youtuber. Muchas bendiciones.
Do I have to take my chargers from my carry on?
Awesome tips thanks!!!
This was extremely helpful 🌍 🚕 🛫 😎 Thanks for sharing 😁😁😁
Good advice 😄
Hey Sonia, just found your channel [cause I may have to travel by air to places] and I'm wondering if you have any tips for first time fliers [other than the security]..
Lol she never answered
You made a quick mention of medicines. Could you explain more about traveling with multiple prescriptions please. I'm traveling to the U.K. this fall and need to know what I can and can not bring
Thank you
loved ur attitudes ;)
Same procedure for entering prison.
you are soooo pretty !
i have TSA pre on all of my flights which is where you get throgh quickly
Haha you’re hilarious 😂 thank you so much for this, I do most of it, but great tips❤️❤️❤️
Where do you get the I.D?
It can be a drivers license or passport or similar forms. You can check the tsa site and they should have a list of acceptable Forms of identification
Emmy Lynn Okay thank you!
Sonia,
Very informative vlog. I was wondering if I will need to take out my iPad and phone for X-ray along with my computer?
Great video...... I'm guessing I'll never see the video for the subject I asked for ages ago.. :( ...... but still good tips anyways..
I have a QUESTION! please HELP! can I carry an EYE LASH CURLER on my carry-on? or would they take that away?
Thank you so much for the video Sonia as always, great tips.
they might take it away, try checking the website of the airline you're flying with or asking them, it can vary. They don't allow sharp things like scissors and tweezers though :) good luck
They shouldn't take it away. It is not on the list of banned items. That said some TSA agents are mega strict.
It's not mentioned on their website, google said they shouldn't. I think I'm gonna try and hope they don't hehe. Thank you Jess and Sonia! :D
I have never had one take mine away. Ever. I keep it in my makeup bag with my brushes and dry makeup goods. It's never been mentioned. Neither have my tiny tweezers, or my metal lash comb. With VERY rare exceptions, I NEVER check bags.
Jess Rushworth I put my eyelash curler in my carry on all the time. (I never check bags, I only do carry on) there has never been a problem with it, I even have a tweezer in my carry on, also never had a problem.
I can't believe your chilean! I am chilean too!
lol your so funny! love the comments on "TSA - PRE approved" !! ;p
Hi Sonia! Just wanted to point out that some airport security (especially in Europe) want you to take your DSLR out of your bag too. I've also had problems with purses filled with coins which they can't see through :)
Sonia do you have to declare protein powder when you take it through carry on?
I bring those disposable nylon stocking pedi feet things that shoe stores have. I slip them on over my socks/bare feet to go through security, them toss them after I get my shoes back! Bring another pair for the return flight!
Still making great videos Sonia :)
Hello! I loved your video very much. It's very helpful. I also have some tips for you which I hope you'll never need.
If you had surgery and if you have a pacemaker or a coclear implant ( it's a earing aid by the way) or some metal or anything that you weren't born with but you have inside of you, make sure that you have the documentation that prove it and that it is as handy as the rest of your documents such as ID. My father as a coclear implant and he spends extra 2-5 minutes in security that everyone else. It's not much more time but that only happens because he's prepared. He knows exactly what to do because he does his research so that he can get thru security as fast as possible.
So here's my advice.
Sorry my poor English
Hello, Carolina. I have 36 titanium pins and 4 plates in my jaws and cheek bones and have never had any problem getting through airport security when traveling to or from the US. Despite that, I also have prepared myself in the case of having to explain my robotic face to a TSA agent. 😂 I am a frequent traveler; but, so far, so good.
I find that if I make a joke about carrying explosives, the TSA guys think I’m so funny and entertaining that they just wave me through in payback.
When are you going to do a summer packing video
Sonia, My husband and I just recently started traveling, both in the US and abroad. I LOVE your videos and find them extremely helpful. I have one question... Is it preferable to have TSA precheck or global entry for someone who makes about 2 trips per year?
Is TSA PRE for all countries? Does it work for budget airlines? It sounds AMAAAAAZING!!! :) I am salivating just with thought of it!
The only time I had to take off my shoes on an airport, was, when I travelled to the USA. Every other time I went through security, I didn't have to take them off...
Your videos are truly amazing and you deserve way more subscribers compared to the amount of work you put into these videos, but then again I guess your tips are just the local's secret! Haha Thanks Sonia!
your hair looks beautiful in this video :)
I'm travel next year i have 7 months before my vacay 2017..
Have fun! ^_^
Thank you..
I could not have said it better.
Would you suggest tsa pre-check for anyone that isn't a frequent flyer?
What if you're flying First Class? Are you put into a different line than everyone else? Also, is it true that you get a pat-down-check while in Airport Security? Cause' I don't feel comfortable about that, hehe. And lastly, will your carry-on bag be checked as well, or do you get to hold on to it going through Airport Security?
Matthew Kroch I've flown first/business and you're supposed to have a separate line, they don't always do. I always ask and some agents get annoyed but if I paid for it then why not? Everything you have including Carry ons are checked. You'll only get a pat down if the detector goes off or get picked randomly at Customs.
Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't, you buy your tickets with the airline and the security is technically just a government checkpoint. So basically the TSA security doesn't have to because they aren't controlled by the airlines. But when you fly first class you get called onto the plane first because that is controlled by the airlines.
There's an enrollment fee for TSA Pre
The shoes thing is just too bad for me. I'm going on a trip this year (probably the only one I'll ever take in my life) and I'll be doing hiking. I'm only taking a carry on, so I have to wear my lace up boots instead of wasting space in my bag for them. I'll keep them untied, loosened, and tuck in the laces, and that will have to do.
I have a question please. How did you call that plastic bag in which we put fluid containers? I couldn t distinguish the word..
Resealable bag
1 US Quart size "zip lock" bag = +/- 950 Milliliters
+Ciara the Meme Quart sized bag, not quartz. Quartz is a type of stone/crystalized rock. Just sayin.
For the 3.4 oz liquids, can i hold them in a black mesh make up bag instead of a ziplock bag?
The TSA program is free???
Tip 3 "every pax can be chosen for a special security procedure it means pat down ,search inside shoes,It happened to me in china.
the most important tip "cooperate"
hey sonia can u please tell me where to keep the liquids , the toiletries , in carryon or in luggage?
i usually just take everything that might keep me getting checked and stuff them in my backpack. obviously, anything like phone, chargers, earphones i put in their own pocket of the bag, just in case they ask me to open and show them.
never bring water with you, unless you're ready to throw it away. i think shoes should not be a problem whatsoever.. and that's it! :D it's other who take so long to get through not me!!! :/
Hey sonia! Is Tsa pre are for all nationalities? Is there any exemption to this? Can you explain or elaborate further about this? Thanks! :)
From my understanding (which is very limited) tsa pre-check just goes and makes sure you don't have a record and aren't a threat. They want to make sure they don't let anyone who was caught attempting to bomb a large public area, but if you were arrest for a few unpaid parking tickets then you would be fine.
The only difference that I can recall is that they don't make you take off your shoes. But again they just want to make sure that they don't let a possible threat slip under their noses.
Are these tips for carry-on bags only? Can laptops and liquids bigger than 3 oz be checked?
Butter Pecan Rican yes, such as shampoos, alcohol and all of that, but better not to put laptop in your checked in bag because it can get stolen, also luggage always gets thrown and can get wet and more!
So when the luqid is on the actual "big" luggage do u still need to take it out and show it to security? But can u still take the small liquds on your carry on?
No. No liquids in your carry on.
You are permitted to put liquids in your carry on as long as it is no more than 100 ml.
I tried the www.TSA.org, nope... it's TSA.gov
You use Moltan Brown, good girl! :)
I have a question. If I have a quart size bag of liquids in one carry on (not checking any bags) and another in a handbag, is his allowed?
you look like a classier version of Kendall Jenner
Tip 1
Wear long sock, never go bare foot
Tip 2
MAKE SURE YOU PACKED EVERYTHING YOU NEED
I like to recheck everything i have
Stevie's doppleganger !!!!
Please someone tell what documents I need when traveling through overseas?
Depends on where you are going and from what country. You will need a passport, and maybe a visa, proof of immunization, etc. You didn't mention your citizenship, but it American try here for information: travel.state.gov/content/travel/english.html
YT4Me57 thanks! I'm going to Philippines and i got my passport already. i feel like there's more beside passport and visa. i don't wanna have zero problems at the airport.
Imhim247 I hear you! May I also suggest that you look up the United States embassy there in the Philippines and register your trip with them? If there is civil unrest or natural disaster while you are there, they will come looking for you. I always do that when I travel to foreign countries.
YT4Me57 I agree. February is going to be nice weather out. I'm very aware of those things. i will check out United States embassy. Thanks!
Imhim247 You're welcome! Have a great time :-)
Also there is $85 for 5 years to get TSA pre approved. So if you are travelling a lot, it is worthy.
I have never asked to take out my liquids from my bag.. I used San Jose Ca, or San Francisco airport.
I'm traveling after a long time in a few months so I'm not exactly sure how things went. But do you have to take off your earrings if you're wearing any and do you also have to put you phone in the bin? Also, can we carry regular chargers or do they have to go in checked bags? And my last question is, you can have a carry on AND a personal item which can be counted as a purse, right?
How you "declare" stuff like pill medications? Do you just tell the TSA agent when they check your ID and boarding pass?
You don't need to declare pills if they are your own prescriptions. It's when you have large amounts that you need to declare it. But that's when you enter the country, not to go through security to enter the gate :)
I'm flying within the US, and will have maybe 2 or 3 bottles. Would that be considered a large amount?
Pink4Kim
if you're flying within the US you're not entering the country.
Regarding medication, if you are traveling with less then 2 weeks worth of pills, they are not going to ask you anything. If it is liquids it has to be declared.
If they are picky or do ask for info all you need is your passport and the prescription bottle, or the paperwork that says what it is and your name on it, that is usually all they need to see and you just sail right through.
I have traveled in the US and to China, I travel with a few medications in a weeks pill container and I have never had any problems with them asking for anything.
Thank you!
Chile Passport? Do you have dual citizenship and if so can you use either passport from both countries.
Its the same in the uK with liquids except we are only aloud 10 100ml bottles
I'm going to China with my school, so I'm praying the tickets are pre-approved.
Eres Chilena?!
How do u declare medicine?
Confucius say: "Man who go through airport door sideways going to BANGKOK."
what should I do f I travel with a mini album with pictures in my bag
I NEED ADVICE. I've heard from numerous sources that if I try to take a ceiling or straightening iron with me in a carry on ,it will be taken away. HELP PLEASE. Need to figure this out
I took mine and it did not get taken away!
Curling Irons and straighteners are okay!
This is a tip a lot of people need to know lol
Nice hair too
In Singapore, everything airportish is a breeze. 1) Stuff in bins. Roughly the same but faster. 2) Kids take off shoes and through the metal detector thingy. Adults don't have to most of the time. 3) Passport + ID Check. A breeze! PS. Declaration of special liquids bla bla bla is during immigration. The place before the gate and after the airport you first step in. I apologize if information is incorrect. That's what happens on my travels. :)