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If they can nail Shoebox despite only a few dozen people knowing who he is, you have no hope.
I guess I’ll be driving to DC this year.
]]>I got flagged only once – back in 2007 going from O’Hare to Las Vegas on a last-minute purchase of a near-red-eye ticket. Thanks in part to construction and in part to a meeting I had to make at least the first part of, I got there only a hour before the flight, so I was already a bit behind the 8-ball. Then the TSA had a false positive indication for explosives on my laptop case (quickly deduced as a false positive). Fortunately, I still made the gate with about 15 minutes to spare because it was a near-red-eye flight.
]]>I used one last night in my hotel room and am carrying the other two for this evening. Maybe if I’d have offered one to the gate agent?
]]>Nothing that I can point to would cause them to view me as any kind of a threat. I have luggage, by in advance with CC etc. I only have 1 passport and would be happy to show it to anyone who asks.
I’m making inquiries, we’ll see what I can find out.
Re: DR, yes, wish you had made it. It was great to put faces with names and IP addresses!
]]>Yup.
]]>Call me politically incorrect (because usually I am) but when in the world will the powers that be realize that they need to start profiling? *shaking head*
]]>I missed meeting you? I might have braved the smoke if I’d known you’d be there!
About flying: The same thing happened to my girlfriend’s husband. He travels on a either a British or Irish (EU) passport. She thinks it’s his dual passport standing, but I think it’s because he travels so light.
He’s often one to head to an airport without luggage. They have another place in Arizona, so everything they need is already there.
Could this be part of your scenario? Some well-meaning agent could have tagged you because of your “appearance” as a traveler.
Bottom line: they have a huge amount of power over us, these agents. I have learned to treat them with more reverence than our parish priest.
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