Item #1: In lieu of the recent terrorist attempts, please note additional travel guidelines from TSA. Andrea Braun told me that there is a new guideline that says you cant have ANYTHING out for the last hour of the flight but I haven't seen that anywhere......that would be terrible.
I also found these statistics on the TSA site:
*21 passengers were arrested after investigations of suspicious behavior or fraudulent travel documents
*37 firearms were found at checkpoints
*3 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints
*37 incidents that involved a checkpoint closure, terminal evacuation or sterile area breach
Item #2: Southwest is now offering "Earlybird Check-in". Earlybird check-in costs $10 bucks and basically means that Southwest will check you in at 36 hours before flight rather than you having to check yourself in at 24 hours before flight. This still doesn't guarantee A boarding though. A-listed boarders and business select boarders will continue to be in front of the Earlybird. If this is successful and lots of people use it basically what it does is guarantee you a crappy boarding position if you don't pay the money. I am not a fan, of course, I might be a fan if I wasn't already a guaranteed A boarder.
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The one hour at the end of the flight only applies to International flights. Definately not SW since I just flew home with them on 12/26 and the flight was one hour.
I heard tonight that the TSA is now backpedaling and is making it "pilot's discretion" as to whether or not items have to be stowed.
I wondered if the 1 hour rule only applied to international flights, but I hadn't had time to look it up!
I had heard the 1 hour rule too.. Paying for boarding is crazy! Just another way for them to make more $$
the new TSA proposal was a big topic of conversation on my family road trip yesterday. HATE IT :(
But the bag is on board for free
I'm becoming a bigger fan of road trips...
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