Friendly Flying Advice ;)

[Adam!]

Yes, well you gave that impression.

I don't care if it's not appropriate, i'll say what I want thanks it's not as if you've never swore, besides, it was in *'s so you can't exactly moan about it.

LOL..

You've changed, lots.. Your just some angry yank now.

[-Soph-]

i'm not allowed to have my views?

hmph... I always thought people are angier in the UK

[rampageric77]

I found this thread SUPER entertaining for the fact that I am American and Chicago is the closest international airport to my house so I know customs and everything through it.

Yeah they do the swab test but only when coming through the international terminal. The other checkpoints do not have it, but all planes coming from abroad land in a separate terminal. You go through customs and then go through airport security to get into the domestic terminal. This is the only checkpoint I see them swab at.

As for the fact they checked you for "looking rushed," I find hard to believe. Laptops are usually always checked a little more because they can be hollowed out and have hidden things inside. Also if you set of the metal detector, you are pretty much guaranteed a big check. Also even before we put the liquid rule in place, liquids still set off an "alarm" in the screeners head and you were checked.

Also a little known thing but also some people are pre-picked to be checked . You can tell by looking at your ticket and usually there are is something along the lines of xxxx in the top right. If you have this you are getting checked. However, usually only late bookings, people who ask to go on stand-by, people who purchase one way tickets, or people who forget a form of photo ID are given these markings.

Hope this clears a few things up:eusa_whis

[lScottl]

oh, I forgot to mention, when me and my friend flew to turkey out of manchester, she did actually get her walkman swabbed.
So they do do it

I managed to get, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Gameboy Color, iPod and an MP3 player through, (and this was in May) from Birmingham Intl. (I was also going to Turkey) they cant be that strict.

[Decapitated!]

Dont wear studded belts
i did and i got fully searched they woudent even allow me to take the belt off THEY had to do it
i was like "CAN YOU GET ANY CLOSER TO MY DAMN CROTCH AREA"

[CrazyColaist]

My mum got searched coming back from fentura

[Recursion]

I think they think i look like a terrorist. In Lanzarote when ever I go through security for our return flight to the UK i get searched ;|

In Luton Airport I got PSP, DS, Video Camera, Digi Cam, Phone and Laptop through, tis not that hard lol, They made me boot into XP on my laptop to proove it was real though :|


Luton dont make us take our shoes off, yet Lanzarote does :S

[Jambe]

ty but thompson airways is the acctualy best