Air Travel TipsWe are pleased to present below an air travel tips article written by Jamie Madison, a flight attendant. We hope you will find this item helps to ensure you experience a smooth passage through airport security checkpoints. Don't forget to check out our other essential travel tips here too! The Security Checkpoint At Airports Air travel is such a common method of transportation today, we sometimes forget the practical tips to help us enjoy a flight. The following tips will help you reduce your wait time at the security checkpoint. 1. Do not pack or bring prohibited items to the airport. Prohibited items are weapons, explosives, incendiaries, and include items that are seemingly harmless but may be used as weapons - the so-called "dual use" items. You may not bring these items to security checkpoints without authorization. 2. Place valuables such as jewelry, cash and laptop computers in carry-on baggage only. Tape your business card to the bottom of your laptop. 3. Avoid wearing clothing, jewelry and accessories that contain metal. Metal items may set off the alarm on the metal detector. 4. Avoid wearing shoes that contain metal or have thick soles or heels. Many types of footwear will require additional screening even if the metal detector does not alarm. 5. Put all undeveloped film and cameras with film in your carry-on baggage. Checked baggage screening equipment will damage undeveloped film. 6. Declare firearms & ammunition to your airline and place them in your checked baggage. 7. If you wish to lock your baggage, use a TSA-recognized lock. 8. Do not bring lighters or prohibited matches to the airport. 9. Do not pack wrapped gifts and do not bring wrapped gifts to the checkpoint. Wrap on arrival or ship your gifts prior to your departure. TSA may have to unwrap packages for security reasons. Keep in mind that every adult traveler 18 years and older will need to keep available his/her airline boarding pass and government-issued photo ID until exiting the security checkpoint. Because of the differences in airport configurations at many airports, you may be required to display these documents more than once. Place the following items IN your carry-on baggage or in a plastic bag prior to entering the screening checkpoint: Take your laptop and video cameras with cassettes OUT of their cases and place them in a bin which will be provided at the checkpoint. Take OFF all outer coats, suit coats, jackets and blazers. By following the suggested tips, you will breeze through the security checkpoint, which will help you to enjoy your flight. Copyright 2005. GetCheapAirlineTickets.com All Rights Reserved. About the Author: Jamie Madison is a flight attendant with a low-cost airline based in JFK. She enjoys consulting in the travel business and has provided a FREE website to offer consumers a stress-free way to make travel plans. Download your FREE "Travel Tips" Report by visiting http://www.getcheapairlinetickets.com (Note: Link opens in a new window) We would like to take this opportunity to thank Jamie Madison for making this air travel tips article available, via GoArticles.com for publication on www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com. If you have any additional air travel tips, or indeed any useful ideas about how to make traveling easier and trouble free, please share them and send them in via our review or 'contact us' page. Ruth & Esther (Dear Visitor: If our air travel tips page helps you plan your Dominican Republic vacation, or business visit, please consider making a small donation HERE to support the continued viability of this voluntary project. Thank you. Ruth)
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