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Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 14/10/2008 – Missing Items From Checked Baggage : Who Do You Contact? It is all too common that I hear stories of people missing items from their checked baggage. I hear this more often from U.S. travelers than flyers from anywhere else in the world on a regular basis (then [...]

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com – E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 8/10/2008 – Protecting Your Sensitive Valuables In Checked Baggage : A Last Resort WARNING: THE FOLLOWING LAST RESORT SUGGESTION IS ONLY VALID FOR DOMESTIC TRAVEL WITHIN THE UNITED STATES With the recent news of a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screener being caught and confessing to the theft of hundreds of [...]

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 7/10/2008 – Airport TSA Security Screener Busted For One-Man Theft Ring What happens when those charged with protecting the flying public become those stealing from the flying public? This has come up time-and-time again. Nearly 300 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Transportation Screening Officers (TSO) have been discharged and arrested in [...]

Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 18/09/2008 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : TSAwait Last weeks’ iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week was “FAAwait,” I thought it only natural to follow up with the iPhone ‘App’ TSAwait. TSAwait is a simple ‘App’ that lets you check average wait times for more than 600 security check point, [...]

Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 5/08/2008 – ‘Clear’ Registered Traveler User Information Stolen For the past few days I have been reading rumours and reports of a laptop being stolen from the Verified Identity Pass company office on the 26th of July, at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). What is the big deal with a [...]

Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 2/07/2008 – Anatomy Of An Airport Security Checkpoint I frequently discuss topics related to airport security on Flying With Fish, however this morning as I crossed the security checkpoint at New York’s JFK International Airport Terminal 7, having been awake for just under 22 hours, I realized some infrequent flyers [...]

Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 20/6/2008-Weekly Roundup: The Travel Strategist Launches; New TSA Changes; Two Airlines Unite; Carry-On Bag Etiquette; Win A Camera; Fish On The Radio This week I have taken a bold new step in the direction of expanding the knowledge that I write about on Flying With Fish. Rather than accept ads [...]

Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 19/6/2008 – TSA Institutes New Secondary Security Searches At The Gate This summer the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be making air travel just a little more complex and confusing as it plans to reinstitute additional security screenings at ‘the boarding gate.’ The random screening of passengers, who have already [...]

Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 16/6/2008 – TSA Agents Get A Badge : Should TSA Screeners Have ‘Law Enforcement’ Shields? This morning as passengers lined up for security screening at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints at Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) they were greeted by TSA Screeners wearing badges. I rarely speak negatively about the TSA. [...]

Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 6/06/2008-Weekly Roundup: Let Fish Send You Flying; Fish On TV; New Visa Rules; Songs To Bring You Home; New TSA Regulations?; Unstable Airfares This week has been a week of news for flyers. The industry that takes us where we need to go is slipping further into turmoil. With the [...]