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Bob Carter

Bob Carter

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For lack of a better forum, I'll post this here

On Sunday, TSA put into effect a more stringent screening process whereas your name on the Itinerary and Boarding Pass must match your Photo ID

We were flying back from Vegas early Sunday AM and were denied entrance past the screening booth because my wife has her Frequent Flyer stuff listed as "Debi" and her ID is "Deborah". We had to walk back to the ticket counter to get Boarding Pass re-issued as "Deborah". We asked for a supervisor and he gave us the old "Rules are Rules" attitude. And, I think TSA is generally very professional

They mentioned that we were not the first unhappy flyers that day (and it was early)

Yesterday and today I had all the frequent flyer cards changed accordingly and might suggest that othes do the same

Who knows, they might use a little common sense, but we sure aren'y going to chance it.

Personally, Like Cher or Madonna, I thought everyone knew who "Debi" was

I also have two itineraries for upcoming flights and had them all changed to reflect names on ID's
 
Good to know. Thanks for the Info Bob.

Seems like a few people had some hic-cups coming back from Vegas. They lost our Open competition piece, and well My dad still doesn't have his luggage...Its somewhere in Limbo....

Oh well, thats life! and my 2 cents!


Justin Alvarez

My next vacation is Skiing!!! WooohoO!!!!
 
Bob, that's as bad as them having a problem with me using my middle name. They were very stern faced and unrelenting until I remarked that my mother used to call me Christopher.... right up untill I was old enough to turn HER over MY knee..... after the faces cracked I promised I would go see a judge and get my name changed to one they could live with.... Baer Just Another Jerk With An Opinion Charlton. They liked that too and let me go.

Personally, I think it was the Crocs.
 
Glorified junior high school hall monitors, drunk on a power trip.

I feel so safe knowing these dingbats are frisking infants and strip-searching the elderly.
 
With my new titanium hips joints, I went through a verrrrry intense search process in Reno airport and Vegas, just short of getting me naked! They wanded every square inch of me (I was sure to wear no metal, buttons, zippers, etc...wore a velour, elastic waistbanded pant suit), did explosives check twice (handiwiped me all over and ran it through an analyzer), an entire body pat-down several times, by 3 different people (hee-hee, it tickled!) and were just about ready to take me into "the back room" for an "internal check", when a supervisor intervened and said forget it, I was probably "just fine" and let me go through. I think they were having waaaaay too much fun!

In Vegas, after all of that, I realized I had left a rolled-up poster back down at the luggage check-in, had to go back for it, and they did the entire process again!!

Glad I got there early. I'm not complaining, there's a good reason for all that. It was a bit embarrassing, though, standing in front of the entire world ( it seemed), spread-eagled with my arms sticking straight out. You should've seen the looks from people!

Thanks for the heads up, Bob. Helps to be prepared.
 
I didn't want this to turn into a Bash the TSA thread. I fly 12 times a year on average and I think they do a very professional job. Like Val, I get a little extra "screening", but they treat me with respect and courtesy pretty much all the time

I also think their job is necessary

My post was to suggest that it takes very little time to ensure names match up than get frustrated at the airport. With longer lines and tighter security, anything I can do to ease the process is worth the effort
 
Val Marie has something you should.

Val :
Marie has a metal knee and when they did the surgery ( some years ago) ,they gave her a wallet sized PHOTO ID for her KNEE.

It even has a PICTURE on it. LOL I'm not joking and this was done long before the increased regulations. the ID has a description of the Titanium joint and where it is located and when it is flipped there is an actual photo of a metal Knee Joint. When ever she goes through TSA screenings she for warns them and it has gotten us some preferential treatment ( especially in busy airports like Vegas.

It should be very obvious when they pass the wand over her knee and see the scar but the Card helps a lot. I can imagine the embarrassment that might be caused by having to show a scar for a hip replacement.

If you don't have one ask you Surgeon to get you one.
BUDDY
 
BUDDY said:
If you don't have one ask you Surgeon to get you one.
BUDDY
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I did ask, and they don't do them anymore. They said anyone can forge them, and the airports don't trust them either, so it's a time-waster and something else to clutter up my purse. Thank goodness I didn't have to show them my scars, I really was expecting to....but almost, and worse!:icon19:
 
A sore spot with me:

T.S.A. = Thousands Standing Around
T.S.A = Thousands of Stupid A$%holes
TSA...Trashing Safe Aviation through paranoia since 2001.
Someone told me the original name was Federal Air Transportation Aviation Security Services & they changed the name so they wouldnt have to wear F.A.T.A.S.S. on the back of their jackets....
Toiletry Search Agency
Terrorism Support Agency
Transportation Sloth Agency
Transparently Senseless Aggravation
Totalitarian Subjugation Acclimators
Take Scissors Away
Thousands Standing Around
The Silly Agency
The Stupid Agency
Thieving & Stealing Agency
Tyrannical Scam Artists
Total Synapse Arrest
The Shoe Aficionados
Taxes Spent Aimlessly
Tear Suitcase Apart
Truth Systematically Avoided
Trivial, Superfluous Actors
Tricking Sucker Americans
Tourism Sabotage Activity
Torn Socks Again
Tired, Slow, and Anal
Truthless Screener Act
Tries Simulating Assignment
Turpitude Summarily Accepted
Travellers Subjected Arbitrarily
Terrorists Still Allowed
Theatrical Self Aggrandizement
Trained Shoe Analysts
Three Stooges Audition
They Steal Anything
Tenderfoot Sanitarium Attendants
Too many Stupid Administrators

WE ALL LOST OUR FREEDOM


Please don't get me started on Delta Airlines:vomit:

framer
 
We didn't fly this year but.

Val since the loss of our shop we haven't flown to any Trade shows but we did take a short 4 day vacation to Vegas and Marie did use the card. In fact that is when we got that preferential treatment. Now maybe they would have given it to us anyway but we didn't prove Marie's need any other way so i suspect they did honor the card some. Even more curious is the fact that a friend of ours who is a priest has an implant that is metal and it sets of the detractors all the time . When he saw Marie's card he asked his Surgeon for one and while they didn't give him the Photo card they did give him a laminated Note to keep and he said it acted like a pass . So maybe we are just Lucky and maybe the TSA agents we get don't know that the Cards can be faked and shouldn't be honored but the two of them sure use theirs in the last few months.

But on a slightly different topic, when we flew SW air lines and their was no reseverd seating , any one accompanying a handycapped passenger in a wheel chair boarded first with them. I mention this because we were shocked to see a little old grand mother in her cahir board appropriately but all of her party as well ( what i guess was her daughter and son -in-law and several garnd children along with some aunts and uncles also) the problem is when the seats are taken the remaining fliers can be on stand by for the next flight. So we show the card and use a wheel cahir when ever Marie is at all sore. But maybe that has changed also?
BUDDY
 
Thanks Bob!

Bob,

This is very helpful. My daughter has a hyphenated last name and she flies back and forth to college. The airlines often spell her last name incorrectly. I'm going to check her info first thing tomorrow.

Thanks so much for this useful tip.
 
They don't do the cards anymore! My doctor told me to ask them if they would like to see my scars if they gave me any grief; I did this the last time I flew, and the poor old guy waving the wand started stammering and blushed and let me through! :smileyshot22: I laughed all the way to my gate.

Elaine
 
LOL, Elaine! That's what I said, and that's when the "supervisor" guy decided he'd not make me go into "The Room" to drop my drawers after all.
 
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