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Thank you for the many replies. I called the airlines again this morning and spoke with a super. The word is that some security personal will allow it on and some will not. There is no written rule so you are at the mercy of each individual security and their discrestion. Remember they can pat down whoever they want just because they say so. Off the record I was told it would be better to put them in your bag and send it through the x-ray instead of keeping it in your pocket. No need to let them see it when you are asked to take all metal out of ypur pockets and so many so-called weapons get by x-ray anyway, so putting it in a bag should be much less of a hassle. I’ve heard from a few more flyers and even one flight attendant who this happened to so looks like it is true but very sporadic.
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I have had a remote for my car since I bought it 6 years ago. Since 9/11, I have been thru Pittsburgh,Greenville SC, Akron, Columbus Oh, Ontario CA, and Omaha security with no problems. Each time I put it in the basket with my change and nothing was ever said. Even at the Columbus airport where the security was especially nazi-like. Of course, all it looks like is a cheap piece of plastic on my key chain, heh. George
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Thank you for the many replies. I called the airlines again this morning and > spoke with a super. The word is that some security personal will allow it on > and some will not. There is no written rule so you are at the mercy of each > individual security and their discrestion. Remember they can pat down whoever > they want just because they say so. > Off the record I was told it would be better to put them in your bag and send > it through the x-ray instead of keeping it in your pocket. No need to let them > see it when you are asked to take all metal out of ypur pockets and so many > so-called weapons get by x-ray anyway, so putting it in a bag should be much > less of a hassle. > I’ve heard from a few more flyers and even one flight attendant who this > happened to so looks like it is true but very sporadic.
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>Thank you for the many replies. I called the airlines again this morning and >spoke with a super. The word is that some security personal will allow it on >and some will not. There is no written rule
Yes there is. There always was under the FAA and there still is under the TSA. Here is the FAA prohibited items list http://www.faa.gov/apa/tipbroch.htm which AFAIK is still in force. "Some do, some don’t" is not an acceptable response, in my opinion. You could print out the above pages, or better yet……. ‘Please address requests for assistance or questions/comments concerning the purview of the TSA to Ms. Mirian Edwards, either by email or FAX. ….and print out her response too (assuming you get one). I thought the TSA was supposed to bring some consistency to this (insert noun of your choice). Brian
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This shouldn’t be too much of a problem My dad flew to Dallas yesterday and Washington DC last week. He has an Audi; if anyone has ever seen the keychains it is like an oval with an unlock button, a lock button, and a red panic button. You press a button and the key comes out like a switch blade. At first, he was questioned he said, but they put it through the X-Ray machine and it was fine. Audi sure doesn’t make air-travel friendly keys; the damn thing is like a switchblade. -Jake
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Am booked on a flight in a couple weeks and have been told that one cannot take > their car remote past the security check point. (The one that stays on my key > ring) Any truth to that? > I’ll need the remote to turn off the alarm when I get back and do not plan to > check any bags. Only taking one small carry-on. Would not want to check the > remote with any luggage anyway since the airlines have lost three of my bags > already and not ready to take that gamble on this trip. > Any comments will be helpful.
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>Am booked on a flight in a couple weeks and have been told that one cannot take >their car remote past the security check point. (The one that stays on my key >ring) Any truth to that? >I’ll need the remote to turn off the alarm when I get back and do not plan to >check any bags. Only taking one small carry-on. Would not want to check the >remote with any luggage anyway since the airlines have lost three of my bags >already and not ready to take that gamble on this trip. >Any comments will be helpful.
I’d verify this with the airline you are taking, although I can’t fathom this as being true. I can’t say from experince since I never take my car to the airport and therefore don’t take my car keys with me (I separate them off of my ring and leave them home so that I *don’t* lose them). Best policy is check with the airline before you go. Even though you’re not checking luggage, I would not put it in "checked" baggage anyway – not so much for it being "lost," but for security scanning. In many airports, you are not allowed to have any device in your checked baggage which has batteries in place. They make you take the batteries out of the device and carry the batteries separately if you want to keep the device in checked baggage. Narita (Japan) is notorious for this. I would carry it on, and be prepared to demonstrate it to the agent at the security check point. I can’t see them banning these devices as that would cause a great deal of inconvenince to passengers in the same boat as you. But again, check with the airline beforehand. Good Luck. Regards, Arnold.
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>I can’t see them banning these devices as that would cause a great deal of >inconvenience to passengers…
A major consideration of course.
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>I’d verify this with the airline you are taking, although I can’t fathom this >as being true. Best policy is check >with the airline before you go.
Thank you for the advice. I have called the airlines on four different days and got different answers. 2 said yes and two said no. Called our local airport and security said they could not discuss their rules. Posted this to see if anyone else had this problem since a friend of mine had to turn hers over to security or not board her plane.
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>>I’d verify this with the airline you are taking, although I can’t fathom this >as being true. Best policy is check >with the airline before you go. >Thank you for the advice. I have called the airlines on four different days and >got different answers. 2 said yes and two said no. Called our local airport and >security said they could not discuss their rules.
Unfortunately, this is the problem with security today. No one knows up until the point at which one passes through the detector what will happen, especially the agents themselves. Frustrating, I know. My motto now is, "plan for the worst." >Posted this to see if anyone else had this problem since a friend of mine had >to turn hers over to security or not board her plane.
May I ask which airport that was, and from which airport you are leaving? I’d be currious (especially if it’s a US airport) since I’m sure there are many people in the same predicament. Myself, if I ever do drive my own car to the airport, I’ll have to consider it since I hae those same kind of keys. I’ll ask my carrier. Regards, Arnold.
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> You can take a cell phone, portable DVD player, CD players, laptops, MP3 > players, etc, I don’t even think they will notice a remote unless you hold > it up in front of them and say "This is a remote, it’s for my car, but I > could have rigged it for a bomb in my luggage too, can I bring it?"
worse case, you may offer to remove the batteries and give the batteries to them to give them more confidence that you do not indend to use it while in flight.
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> Am booked on a flight in a couple weeks and have been told that one cannot take > their car remote past the security check point. (The one that stays on my key > ring) Any truth to that? > I’ll need the remote to turn off the alarm when I get back and do not plan to > check any bags. Only taking one small carry-on. Would not want to check the > remote with any luggage anyway since the airlines have lost three of my bags > already and not ready to take that gamble on this trip.
Where did you hear this? It makes no sense. I fly about three or four times a year. The previous trip I took by air was between Philadelphia and Las Vegas. I just dumped my car’s key fob, pocket change, pager, and cell phone, in my camera bag with my digital and 35mm cameras and other stuff. I then put the bag on the carry on inspection conveyor belt and walked through the checkpoint, no problem at all on both the flight to Vegas and the flight home again.
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Am booked on a flight in a couple weeks and have been told that one cannot take their car remote past the security check point. (The one that stays on my key ring) Any truth to that? I’ll need the remote to turn off the alarm when I get back and do not plan to check any bags. Only taking one small carry-on. Would not want to check the remote with any luggage anyway since the airlines have lost three of my bags already and not ready to take that gamble on this trip. Any comments will be helpful.
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:Am booked on a flight in a couple weeks and have been told that one cannot take :their car remote past the security check point. (The one that stays on my key :ring) Any truth to that? : :I’ll need the remote to turn off the alarm when I get back and do not plan to :check any bags. Only taking one small carry-on. Would not want to check the :remote with any luggage anyway since the airlines have lost three of my bags :already and not ready to take that gamble on this trip. No one has questioned my or my husband’s key-ring remotes (I have two; he has three.) We’ve been through DFW, ATL, and CVG in the past three months. We both put our key rings in our carry-ons, not our pockets. — Wendy Chatley Green
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You can take a cell phone, portable DVD player, CD players, laptops, MP3 players, etc, I don’t even think they will notice a remote unless you hold it up in front of them and say "This is a remote, it’s for my car, but I could have rigged it for a bomb in my luggage too, can I bring it?" Stick it in your carry on and it will go right through most likley.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Am booked on a flight in a couple weeks and have been told that one cannot take > their car remote past the security check point. (The one that stays on my key > ring) Any truth to that? > I’ll need the remote to turn off the alarm when I get back and do not plan to > check any bags. Only taking one small carry-on. Would not want to check the > remote with any luggage anyway since the airlines have lost three of my bags > already and not ready to take that gamble on this trip. > Any comments will be helpful.