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The TSA and your grandma

02/10/09
I spent two long and truly educational days last week attending a TSA training course. My report on the class will show up in my in Well-Mannered Traveler column on MSNBC.com this Thursday, but this post in the TSA’s Evolution of Security blog reminded me of one of the break-out sessions in the class. (Guess […]

Airport pickpockets

01/08/09
It’s easy to get distracted at the airport.  But here’s a reminder from the Vancouver Sun about why it’s especially important to make sure your wallet is safely tucked away: Visitors to [Toronto’s] Pearson International Airport are being targeted by an organization of South American pickpockets, who stole as much as $500,000 last year, authorities […]

Packing tips from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

12/10/08
Last week, custom agents, or rather a Customs and Border protection dog, at Washington Dulles International Airport smelled something fishy in the suitcase belonging to a man arriving from Africa. As reported in the Washington Business Journal and loads of other places, it wasn’t fish inside that suitcase. The man had three dead monkeys, 10 […]

Why should you mind your manners on an airplane?

07/09/08
For starters, air travel is frustrating enough these days. So it just makes things worse if you insist on fully reclining your seat back when the person behind is already squished. Or if you walk down the airplane aisle letting your carry-on bag smack into the faces of folks already seated. And then there’s this: […]
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