TSA unclaimed money

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Did you mean to tip the TSA?

09/18/23
At airports, it’s not unusual to hear an announcement asking a traveler to return to the security checkpoint to retrieve a left-behind item. On Sunday, for example, while waiting for an early morning flight, we heard repeated announcements asking the person who left their wedding band behind at the checkpoint to come and get it. →

Travelers tip TSA a whopping $926,000

08/21/20
Rushed, distracted travelers unwittingly gave the Transportation Security Administration a cash tip of more than $926,000 last year. TSA gets to keep the cash and currency travelers forget to pick up when they empty their pockets into the bins at the airport security checkpoints. And that cash adds up. During Fiscal Year 2019, which ended →