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Unclaimed Money at Airports. Who Gets It?

04/16/23

This week (August 16 – 23) is National Coin Week. And it is a good time to remind travelers to keep track of all their loose change at the airport security checkpoints. Passengers going through airport checkpoints are told to put all their carry-on items on the belt going through the x-ray machine and to →

Nominations for TSA’s Top Ten Catches of 2023

01/09/23

It’s been just a few weeks since the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released its Top Ten Finds of 2022. And we already have news of some items found at airport checkpoints that might appear in the 2023 reel. Snakes on a Plane. Almost This didn’t show up in TSA’s Top Ten Catches of 2022. But →

Guns in Peanut Butter & Inside a Raw Chicken: TSA’s Top 10 Catches from 2022

01/02/23

Officers for the Transportation Security Administration see a lot of stuff in the carry-on bags of passengers. Some of it is just fine for people to take on the plane with them. Other items, such as baseball bats, meat cleavers, and even Magic 8 balls, falls on the prohibited items. So do knives, guns, and →

TSA’s first airport checkpoint turns 20

05/02/22

It feels as if the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has always been in charge of security at airports. But TSA was created in November 2001, in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. And, beginning on April 30, 2002, Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport (BWI) became the very first airport in the →

Traveling? You’ll still need to wear a face mask

03/11/22

Yes, COVID rates are falling in most places. And yes, communities everywhere are lifting their face mask requirements. But the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has decided to buck the trend. TSA will keep the face mask requirement for travel on public transportation in place for at least another month after the planned March 18 expiration. →

The scary and entertaining TSA Top 10 Catches of 2021

01/11/22

2021 was an odd one for travel, with so many COVID-related unknowns throughout the year. But that didn’t stop passengers from bringing along some odd things in their carry-ons and checked baggage. See the video above for the TSA’s Top Ten Catches of 2021. →

How to lose your TSA PreCheck status

12/21/21

Unruly airline passengers may face fines and the wrath of crew members and other passengers. Now, under a new partnership between the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), unruly passengers may also end up kicked off the TSA PreCheck roster. TSA PreCheck gives travelers access to expedited security screening. Precheck-qualified travelers →

TSA’s Far Out Social Media Accounts

12/09/21

Once again, it looks like someone is having a little too much fun with the Transportation Security Administration’s social media accounts. The TSA has a handy “What Can I Bring?” tool that is part of the agency’s standing offer to help travelers figure out what they may and may not put in their carry-on bags →

Fewer passengers, but more firearms at airports

10/13/21

This is alarming: While there are still fewer passengers flying on commercial planes due to the pandemic, there is an uptick in the number of firearms people are bringing with them to U.S. airports. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced this week that so far this year its officers have found a record number of →

Alarming & heartwarming TSA Tweets

07/22/21

We’re still missing the corny communications TSA’s Blogger Bob Burns once shared with the public, but Lisa Farbstein and the team on duty now are doing a great job of keeping the public informed with light but serious messages about what can and cannot go through airport security checkpoints. The tweets about the guns and →

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