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[StarCreator]

Edit: Oh and apparently the TSA Pre Check application requires you to have your fingerprints on file? Yea no thanks. The last thing anyone needs is government free access to your fingerprints. Call me paranoid, but that's not something I'm ok with.

My fingerprints are on file with multiple agencies as a condition of my company's contracts with them - can't get clearance to go on site without it. It's really not a big deal.

 

[PandaPandaPanda]

I've allways wanted to visit the US but it sounds more and more like it's a 7 hours flight and then another 7 hours to be able to enter the country or if you are even slightly brown another 14 hours.

unless you have family/relatives or coming here for business-I wouldn't come here

 

[Darryl M R]

Get a Chase Sapphire Reserve card. You get the fee refunded as well as access to certain lounges. All included.

Ah I see, thanks for informing me. Hmm I have the Amazon Chase Prime card that was marketed awhile ago but this might be my next card if I decide to open up another line of credit.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

Do camera bodies and lenses each need a seperate bin?

Holy shit this is going to be a nightmare. I travel 3-6 times a month.

15" MBP
13" Dell PC (25% of the time)
iPad
Camera Body #1
Camera Body #2
Lens #s 1, 2, 3, 4
Nintendo Switch
...
and then a bin for shoes/belt/liquids.

Lol, guess I'll finally get suckered into TSA Pre.

 

[Relix]

Do you mind sharing how you got it refunded? And does it normally come with lounge access?

It's a card perk. Best credit card you can acquire.

 

[Afrocious]

Time to cash in on that TSA-precheck credit I get from Sapphire Reserve.

 

[ZackieChan]

Ah I see, thanks for informing me. Hmm I have the Amazon Chase Prime card that was marketed awhile ago but this might be my next card if I decide to open up another line of credit.

It's only worthwhile if you travel a lot. There's a $450 annual fee, but you get $300 in credit back for travel-related expenses, plus the TSA Pre-Check or Global Entry, lounge access (which is amazing if you travel a lot), and I got 100,000 bonus miles for spending $5000 on the card in the first 3 months. I think they've reduced it to 50,000 now. I just charge a ton of client filing fees and stuff, which I get reimbursed for, so the minimum spends on these things are easy for me to hit.
Not sure if they make the card in the awesome metal they used to, either. It's heavy and feels totally badass.

Edit: ^ my man

 

[Skellig Gra]

Take the joy cons off the Switch and its not really bigger than some phablets

"More time wasted in security!

....Unless you pay for our subscription service."

Fuck the TSA.

Edit: Oh and apparently the TSA Pre Check application requires you to have your fingerprints on file? Yea no thanks. The last thing anyone needs is government free access to your fingerprints. Call me paranoid, but that's not something I'm ok with.

I worked at a bank once so they've had mine for a long ass time. They probably already have yours too anyway.

 

[bennywhatever]

Do camera bodies and lenses each need a seperate bin?

Holy shit this is going to be a nightmare. I travel 3-6 times a month.

15" MBP
13" Dell PC (25% of the time)
iPad
Camera Body #1
Camera Body #2
Lens #s 1, 2, 3, 4
Nintendo Switch
...
and then a bin for shoes/belt/liquids.

Lol, guess I'll finally get suckered into TSA Pre.

How the heck do you fit all that in a carry-on? Do you not put any clothes in it?

 

[Deleted member 20415]

The TSA has been piloting (no pun intended) the new screening policies at 10 airports, and is now ready to expand them to all US airports in the weeks and months ahead. In standard screening lanes, TSA agents will be stationed in front of X-ray machines to verbally assist passengers with the new screening procedures.

This is the funniest part - verbally assist, by yelling and belittling people. Even at TSA Pre-Check, they are typically condescending and assholes.

Can't stand the TSA

 

[Loke13]

"More time wasted in security!

....Unless you pay for our subscription service."

Fuck the TSA.

Edit: Oh and apparently the TSA Pre Check application requires you to have your fingerprints on file? Yea no thanks. The last thing anyone needs is government free access to your fingerprints. Call me paranoid, but that's not something I'm ok with.

You're paranoid.

 

[shnurgleton]

Jokes on you I take my calls on my laptop

 

[MikeDown]

Weird, cause they have been doing this to me when ever I travel.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

How the heck do you fit all that in a carry-on? Do you not put any clothes in it?

All of that except the camera stuff easily fits in a briefcase.

The cameras I wrap up in camera socks/blankets and place them in my suitcase. Most my trips are only for 2-3 days, tops.

Last Thursday I got up at 4am. 6am flight from MCI to CLE. Day in CLE. Flew back to MCI that night and was home by 10pm. Grabbed a smaller camera and didn't even bother with extra clothes/suitcase except a t-shirt in my messenger bag.

 

[TheAggroCraig]

Now everyone can see my baller green/pink joycons!

 

[Phu]

Now you'll have to get to the airport 4 hours ahead of your flight instead of 2.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

I flew to Hawaii with my Switch right after it launched and the TSA stopped me. They made me pull it out and turn it on. I thought it was a new policy, but the dude then says, "thanks, I wanted to see one. That's the first one to come through."

I wasn't happy that I basically turned my backpack inside out for him to just catch a peek at the new hotness.

 

[Afrocious]

That 100k points paid for my flight to Japan later this year.

Just set up a TSA-Pre Check appointment for the end of August. That was quick and easy.

 

[Lombax]

"More time wasted in security!

....Unless you pay for our subscription service."

Fuck the TSA.

Edit: Oh and apparently the TSA Pre Check application requires you to have your fingerprints on file? Yea no thanks. The last thing anyone needs is government free access to your fingerprints. Call me paranoid, but that's not something I'm ok with.

You are being paranoid. For starters they already have them, and another thing.....they know.

 

[The Greek Freak]

Sweet, I'm good.

Me too but I wouldn't call it sweet, just slightly less garbage for us.

I don't think there is a bigger governmental waste in terms of dollars than the TSA.

 

[Puggles]

So if I bring my backpack with my camera gear as my carry-on I need to put the backpack in one bin, my laptop in a separate bin, and camera bodies in separate bins as well?

What a mess.

And your shoes, belt, watch, wallet in another bin while they scream at you to get out of the way with your pants falling down.

 

[Afrocious]

Also, I'm gonna cancel my TSA Pre-check appointment and just go with Global Entry. I get reimbursed for that and it comes with TSA Pre-Check.

https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/how-apply

 

[Elfotografoalocado]

ugh this is going to make traveling with camera gear for work a real pain in the ass.

Isn't this because it was leaked that Daesh was planning to conceal bombs in batteries? Considering cameras and lenses have lots of metal, plastic and glass, and the battery itself isn't that big and is removable... This shouldn't apply to them? It's optics...
If I'm wrong, well, yeah, this will be a pain in the ass.

Spoiler

And in the hearts of those amateur gearhead tourists when they see all the high end glass and magnesium alloy.

 

[RiccochetJ]

I thought this was already in place. At least at DIA (Denver) they've always asked me to place larger electronics into a separate bin.

 

[totowhoa]

I already had to do this with my CPAP machine.

Last few times I've been to the airport, pre-check lines have been longer. Guess I'll continue to not have Pre-check

 

[victreeb3l]

I've been doing this for a few years. Assumed it was normal.

Depending on the airport I had to take my laptop out in Precheck lines as well.

 

[teruterubozu]

What's the big deal? People already take out their laptops. Now they need to take out their tablet too. Should take all of 2 seconds..

Unless I'm missing something here

2 seconds? Travel much? I've seen people struggle for ages trying to parse their shit into bins.

 

[Rktk]

Sweet, I'm good.

It's a good way to have your background checked voluntarily, I would probably do the same. Wonder what you'll need to hand over to refresh your status a few years from now.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

So when I fly next week with just a backpack.

Bin for all my pocket shit and shoes
Bin for Switch case, take Switch out first
Bin for Surface case, take Surface out first
Backpack

One dude travelling pretty light. That's a pain.

 

[rykomatsu]

- Clear to get escorted to front of TSA pre line
- TSA pre to not have to take shit out
- Global Entry to expedite getting back to US

Still looking at 10min from curb to gate even with an increase in TSA pre members from this shit.

I am set.

 

[Dreamwriter]

So when I fly next week with just a backpack.

Bin for all my pocket shit and shoes
Bin for Switch case, take Switch out first
Bin for Surface case, take Surface out first
Backpack

One dude travelling pretty light. That's a pain.

You don’t need a separate bin for the Switch and the Surface, I’m sure you can fit both in a bin without stacking them.

 

[SwordStruck]

In my experience they've always done this.

 

[Disheveled_Zen]

Was planning on taking my switch on my flight coming up, might just leave it at home now.

 

[Fuchsdh]

If I were a terrorist I'd just blow up bombs at these security checkpoints. Plenty of people milling about for collateral damage!

(Just get rid of the TSA. It's quite possibly the best cut of government bloat possible.)

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

You don’t need a separate bin for the Switch and the Surface, I’m sure you can fit both in a bin without stacking them.

The TSA will now require “all electronics larger than a cell phone” to be removed from carry-on bags and placed in their own separate bin for X-ray screening

Am I interpreting that wrong? As long as they don't stack it's fine? This sounds like you need separate bins either way,

 

[mollipen]

How the heck do you fit all that in a carry-on? Do you not put any clothes in it?

I can't stand people who carry on their clothes unless they're only going to be staying for a day or two. They're a big part of the reason overhead bins are so crowded and why getting on/off the plane takes so long.

Also, my coworker just said that on his most recent trip, he was told he had to take all of the books out of his carry-on and screen them on their own, because "bombs can be paper thin now, we need to be sure".

 

[Akuun]

I had to do this when I went to EVO. I swear I took like 5 bins on my own. Felt bad for the guys waiting in line behind me.

The TSA agents were very respectful though.

 

[whytemyke]

So does this impact people who got the TSA PreCheck?

That program is dope and if this ruins it I'm going to be sad.

 

[Dark Ninja]

TSA trying to come up on some Switches

 

[kingocfs]

Pro-tip: tell them you don't have you license as an ID if you are flying domestically. They will take you to the front of the security line for a 5 minute background check and pat down and you will be good to go.

 

[SlickVic]

Just regular. But as someone implied, I'm sure it would push more people to get Pre-Check, which may or may not lead to longer lines.

I've already seen instances in the morning at places like O'Hare where the Precheck line actually started off longer than the regular one. From my experience when that happens though, people still get through that line faster. Things just go so much faster when people aren't taking off their shoes and a million things from their bags.

But there's also the times when I take a late night flight and the pre-TSA line is closed off at that point. Going to be fun to deal with this then.

 

[Jeronimo Jones]

Not a fan.

I flew out of the US and just returned Friday without having to take two ipads, two Kindles, a Nikon DSLR camera, and various chargers out of their cases/bags or out of my backpack. I just put the backpack in the bin and let them scan it.

 

[Blueblur1]

Yeah when I was leaving Vegas from EVO I had to put my TE stick on a separate bin.

Same thing happened to me. In Miami TSA didn't care but they told me to put my "console" (my TE2) in a separate bin.

 

[Samus4145]

JFK has already been doing this for quite some time. Laptop, tablets, consoles/handhelds, all get their own bins.

 

[secretanchitman]

Doesn’t apply to TSA Pre-Check so I’m good.

 

[lucebuce12]

Guys, I'm considering asking my relatives who are currently visiting the US to buy and bring me a new GPU for my PC. I live in Pakistan btw.

Considering the situation of the TSA, is it safe to do? Sorry, I didn't really want to open a new thread over this.

 

[Kremzeek]

Fuck their arbitrary bullshit. What a waste of time. They aren't effective at stopping people anyways

Exactly. There is no reason to do this. This does NOTHING to "stop terrorism".

 

[ponpo]

I travel pretty light and don't mind going through security but man I wish the US system was more efficient than "dump everything in its own bin". I barely bring anything and still need to fuck with like 4 trays.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

Welp I'm good. Precheck is a life saver.

Pre-check is part of the problem. It motivates the TSA to keep lines as long as possible to make additional income. I refuse to sign up out of principle as the whole thing's a racket

Also, fuck the TSA.

 

[Biske]

Now the terrorists won't be able to build Nintendo Switch Bombs.

Your move terrorists!!!