Woo hoo, it’s the WEEKEND! Here’s a recap of what we wrote on YMMV this week. From great travel deals to what we’ve written to what others wrote that we really liked and wanted to share, it’s all here, in one convenient place!
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Tag: TSA
Airports Are Offering A Way To Bring Your Water Bottle Through Security Checkpoints
We’ve all seen it. Groups of people going through their carry on bags, throwing away bottles of water or soda before going through the TSA checkpoint. Even worse are the people who forgot they had a water bottle in their backpack and have to go through extra security once it’s discovered. While you may have thought “What a waste,” no one was doing anything about the problem. Until now.
The TSA Has A New Watch List of Passengers Who Misbehave
If a Transportation Security Administration employee has gotten on your last nerve, I wold still suggest you still act as cool as a cucumber, because guess what? The TSA now has a new secret watch list to monitor people who may be targeted as potential threats at airport checkpoints because they’ve become unruly in some way, shape or form.
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Places For Geeks to Visit, Comparing WDW’s Water Parks, A Control Freak’s Nightmare Vacation & More!
Happy weekend, y’all! And if you live in the U.S., happy Memorial Day weekend to you! Here’s a recap of what we wrote on YMMV this week. From great travel deals to what we’ve written to what others wrote that we really liked and wanted to share, it’s all here, in one convenient place!
What’s Up With The TSA Making You Remove Snacks From Your Carry-On?
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) seems to be in a state of flux lately when it comes to snacks. As I’ve combed through message boards, I’ve seen person after person say how they had to empty all of the snacks in their carry on bag(s), when they had read the rules on TSA’s website before they flew and really weren’t expecting to have to go through all of that. So what’s going on?
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A New WDW Area Location Is Charging For Parking, The Travel Company That’s Pulling A Bait & Switch, & More
Woo hoo, it’s finally the WEEKEND! Here are the articles we wrote this week, in one convenient place.
Joe wrote about:
- The launch of the annual Daily Getaways program.
- How no one is mentioning one important part of the change to redeeming SouthWest points.
- TSA checkpoint lines are getting even longer so he’s looking at CLEAR.
- Booking a flight on Frontier was different from what he expected.
- How bait & switch is alive and well in the travel world.
And Sharon wrote about:
- 2018 operation dates for The Land Of Oz, a Wizard of Oz themed theme park that opens seasonally.
- Walt Disney World hotels aren’t the only places where you now have to pay for parking.
- Some of the funniest flight attendant safety spiels ever.
- How to find out what you’ll pass along the way on a road trip.
- The fable of Finnair’s final Friday the 13th flight.
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Can You Bring That Onto The Plane? Here’s How To Find Out
Going through the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) checkpoints in the U.S., especially if you don’t have Pre-Check or Global Entry (and really, if you live in the U.S. and don’t have it yet, YOU SHOULD! Click here to learn why), can be a royal pain. That’s especially true if you don’t fly very often and don’t feel quite sure about what you can and cannot bring as carry on. We’ve already written posts about how to bring medication with you when flying, but there are a whole lot of other things that people wonder if they can bring on a plane with them. Here’s how to find out.
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