The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Travelling with a notebook at the Airport.

    Discussion in 'HP' started by titaniummd, Jan 29, 2005.

  1. titaniummd

    titaniummd Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    70
    Messages:
    1,746
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    When travelling with a notebook is it good enough to leave the laptop in the notebook sleeve in your experience or do you still run the risk of scratching it up in those gray bins that they hand you?

    Life's a Beach and then you drown.
    DV 1000
    1.7 GHZ,512 MB RAM,80 GB HD
     
    titaniummd, Jan 29, 2005
    #1
  2. brafit

    brafit Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    33
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I don't think they allow you to keep it in the sleeve, they say there must be nothing on top of or under it. I just put it in the grey bin and grab it as soon as it comes out of the scanner so it doesn't bump all the way down to the end of the ramp.

    HTH
     
    brafit, Jan 31, 2005
    #2
  3. Thaiwoo

    Thaiwoo Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    80
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Yeah they would LIKE for you to remove it completely from your bag.

    Never had a problem with mine scratching up. Try to time it so that you get through the monitor before the PC with the bin slides down the ramp they have in some airports at the end of the x-ray machine. I know it's easier said then done.

    Usually I put the jacket on the belt first so it will lessen the impact in case I don't make it in time.
     
    Thaiwoo, Jan 31, 2005
    #3
  4. titaniummd

    titaniummd Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    70
    Messages:
    1,746
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Thanks for the reply. All for the safety of all, except for our laptops....

    Life's a Beach and then you drown.
    DV 1000
    1.7 GHZ,512 MB RAM,80 GB HD
     
    titaniummd, Jan 31, 2005
    #4
  5. lapboy

    lapboy Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    214
    Messages:
    1,036
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0

    No drumfu,
    Recent security changes require you to remove the laptop and place it in fullview in a tray, without any other items accompanying it.
    Has happened to me a dozen times, in the USA and UK.,without exceptions.



    "Life is too short,Live it"


    1.7GHZ :: 512ram :: 8x dvd-rw :: 60GB hdd :: 12 cell battery :: 54g Broadcom+bluetooth :: BOOQ Viper-M sleeve
     
    lapboy, Jan 31, 2005
    #5
  6. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

    Reputations:
    436
    Messages:
    3,651
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    interesting topic...

    in the last two years, i've had to travel to several places within the US (from Cali to Houston, NY and West Palm Beach, Florida) as well as overseas (Hong Kong)... each time, i simply carried on my laptop in my normal laptop bag. never once was i asked to take it out and power it up or take it out for x-raying. i just ran the laptop bag along with my other normal carry on bag... nothing special.

    wonder why since i always hear about people having to take their laptop out and power it on for the security staff?

     
    drumfu, Jan 31, 2005
    #6
  7. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

    Reputations:
    436
    Messages:
    3,651
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    wow, when did they start to do this? the last time i flew was summer of 04 to HK.

    are the trays for x-rays or powering on or something else?

    thanx
     
    drumfu, Jan 31, 2005
    #7
  8. Thaiwoo

    Thaiwoo Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    80
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I noticed they have different standards in some airports as far as turning them on goes. For a while out of Toronto, I had to even power up the printer.

    As lapboy mentioned, lately I always had to remove it from the bag no matter where I flew to and from in the US and Canada. Luckily I didn't have to turn it on since my battery doesn't hold a charge anymore.

    Some places they also wipe them to check for explosives.
     
    Thaiwoo, Jan 31, 2005
    #8
  9. Andrew Baxter

    Andrew Baxter -

    Reputations:
    4,365
    Messages:
    9,029
    Likes Received:
    55
    Trophy Points:
    216
    In both the U.S. and U.K. in my experience they've been totally anal about forcing me to take my notebook out of any case I have it in. Never in the U.S. have they asked me to power up the laptop, at Gatwick London I was made to do this twice last year. This is an interesting topic though as it's hard to avoid -- nor should you avoid -- putting the laptop in a bin seperately as it is the law. The advantage of having a ThinkPad with a virtually scratch resistant case always helps [ :D]
     
    Andrew Baxter, Jan 31, 2005
    #9