DisneyRunner
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Has anyone traveled with trading pins lately? If so, did you carry them on or pack them in your checked bag? If you carried them on, did TSA give you any problems? Thanks.
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Trading pins and TSA for an upcoming trip
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cdunbar
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I can say that I just did this like 2 weeks ago! I put them in a large ziplock bag where thery could be seen and then put them in a zip pouch of my bag and had no problems! But what they did take from me was the head to my razor, they left me the handle but took the head...:ROFLOL:
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Tiggerfanatic
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We didn't have any trouble when we flew a year ago. I had bought lanyards and pins for my neice and nephew on E-bay so they could hit the ground running when we arrived, and they both had them in their carry-ons. We checked them for the flight home, simply because they had a ton of pins by the end of the week!
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Korfar
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We carried them on the plane last year. The scanners here in Wisconsin had to open the bag and see what it was since I am sure it looks like a big glob of metal on the image screen. Other than that we were fine. In Orlando they didn't say a word. They are used to them down there.
The taking of the razor head is strange. I have never had them do that.
The taking of the razor head is strange. I have never had them do that.
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Hi - Coming home from a trip in May, our 8 year old was stopped at the security checkpoint in Orlando. They detected something on his hands. They put him in the glass "security box" and used an instrument to swab his hands. He was terrified (as was I). Eventually, they cleared him and let him go. Not sure what exactly the problem was, but he had been playing with his lanyard and pins the entire way to the airport. I think it may have been some metallic residue on his hands. However, no one balked at the pins themselves on his lanyard.
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YoungNY
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As I work for TSA and our biggest flight is what we call the Disney Flight which obviously is usually full of families traveling to Disney World, we come across this nearly everyday. You'll either get an officer who is so used to them that they know actually what it is and will let it pass, no problem. OR you'll get an officer who questions it and wants it checked. The latter isn't a big deal, they will take it out, look at it, put it through the x-ray machine again and give it back to you.
I've had passengers put them in plastic bags or wrapped in towels and placed them in a separate bin like a laptop. This helps, but it isn't required. Like someone said, these metal pins, especially when there are alot of them can make it quite hard to see what is or isn't inside the bag, so don't be alarmed if they want to check your bag, it's not a big deal at all.
I've had passengers put them in plastic bags or wrapped in towels and placed them in a separate bin like a laptop. This helps, but it isn't required. Like someone said, these metal pins, especially when there are alot of them can make it quite hard to see what is or isn't inside the bag, so don't be alarmed if they want to check your bag, it's not a big deal at all.
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YoungNY
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As for the razor thing, I'm not really sure I understand what type of razor you're refering to, but FYI...disposable razors are fine through security, but the razors with the actual razor blade that can be removed are not allowed. The razor itself is, but the blade inside is not. Usually, we'll just remove the razor blade and let the passenger have the razor, but that's being nice and as you're well aware there are many not nice TSA officers out there. Really we could just take the whole thing and I know quite a few officers who won't do you any favors, especially if you give them an attitude. I would suggest next time, if you must carry a razor in your carry on, make it a disposable or electric or pack it in your checked luggage.
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Thanks for all the replies. In the past, I've put the pins in a large ziploc bag and placed them in the bin so TSA can see them. I've never had a problem, but my husband wanted to make sure there were no recent changes.
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YoungNY
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It was in my checked luggage and this is my razor...
and they took the razor refill which was not attached but in the plastic refill containter it comes in and left me the handle... :shrug:
In that case, I'm not sure what happened. There was no reason for this to be taken in checked baggage. However, if your checked baggage was searched, it's possible these items could have fallen out during the search. Unfortunately, it happens quite often. I find socks, hair brushes, deorderant sticks, etc... under machines and inbetween tables all the time in baggage. Sometimes when bags are overstuffed they have that jack in a box effect when we open them and things go flying all over the place, or while unpacking or repacking a bag an item might fall off the table without the officer noticing. Also, TSA is only responsible for your checked baggage for maybe 10 minutes after you drop it off. Once it is cleared we turn it over to the airline, so it's in the possession of baggage handlers and airline workers after that. I have no clue what happened to your razor, but it seems really stupid to steal a razor like that. BTW, you could take a razor like that through the checkpoint.
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