Last week (or so) we did freebie flight trip to Biloxi/Beau Rivage. (thank you MGM).
Good room, good food, dollar Royal 30 minutes before departure time (thank you God).
New slot machine to keep me entertained...Dragons Rising.
Anyway, Sun Country check in counter at home airport, no line, boarding passes ready.
Didn't notice until we got upstairs in the security line...my NAME was MISSPELLED on the boarding pass! One letter, but it turns it into a different first name.
Oh no! Will this cause problems? What to do?
Go back down to Sun Country counter for a correction?
Proactively point out the mistake to the TSA checker? See my DL photo, it is really me!
HELL NO, says husband, so I said nothing.
TSA examined DL and boarding pass closely as they do, "thanks, ma'am, have a good trip." Whew!
Proceeded through the body scanner thinking all was right with the world.
Wrong.
Husband had decided, for the first time in his life, to carry on a small piece of luggage, mainly for our many medicines. (Getting old is so fun...each birthday, more pills.)
Of course, this is a non-stop flight, but even then, luggage can go astray.
He has NEVER carried on, other than his laptop. I didn't think to check what he had in it.
We put our stuff in the plastic bins, his laptop and shoes and his little carry-on.
We and they all pass through the scanners.
He is sitting down putting his shoes back on when I notice he left the little bag behind.
(Habits...he is usually only worrying about his shoes, belt, and laptop.)
I hurry back to get it, see the bag (it made it throught the scanner).
I reach...
But...oh, no, you can never JUST go back. Big TSA guy has me in his sights, leaps over and grabs the bag before I do.
"Is this your bag?" Yes, it is my husband's, over there, putting his shoes on.
"Sorry, but I have to go through it. One of you has to stay here" (across a counter from him). OK. I stay.
TSA guy takes everything out. Our multiple plastic pill organizers.
Then, a big bottle of Miralax. Oh no! TSA scans it, luckily Miralax is in powder form.
It passes.
Husband has come over by now. "What's wrong?" Now TSA pulls out two cans:
- shave cream
- something to ward off foot fungus.
Both cans are the same size, but, "this one (foot fungus fighter) is OK, but this one (the shave cream) has to go unless you want to go back down and put it in your checked luggage."
I know this drill, have had hair spray confiscated, I say OK, keep it, sorry, thank you.
Husband is steamed, want's an explanation, I kick him (dummy) drag him off "let's go, we can buy you some shave cream."
Big TSA guy giving "the TSA smirk" wanting so badly to say "Yeah, fella, if you want an explanation, I'll be happy to take you in the back and explain it all to you, and by the way, forget about making this flight."
We move on, husband complaining all the way.
Anyway, just kinda funny that my boarding pass with a wrong name made it past TSA eagle eye, the shave cream made it through the scanner, and had we not had to GO BACK, all would have been right with the world.
Truthfully, I get that somebody walking back to the area where our personal items are coming through could steal a bag or purse, but the TSA guy didn't ask to see our ID or boarding passes, just worried about something exceeding the ounce limit.
I feel so safe.
BTW, the return boarding pass from Biloxi airport had my name spelled correctly.
Good room, good food, dollar Royal 30 minutes before departure time (thank you God).
New slot machine to keep me entertained...Dragons Rising.
Anyway, Sun Country check in counter at home airport, no line, boarding passes ready.
Didn't notice until we got upstairs in the security line...my NAME was MISSPELLED on the boarding pass! One letter, but it turns it into a different first name.
Oh no! Will this cause problems? What to do?
Go back down to Sun Country counter for a correction?
Proactively point out the mistake to the TSA checker? See my DL photo, it is really me!
HELL NO, says husband, so I said nothing.
TSA examined DL and boarding pass closely as they do, "thanks, ma'am, have a good trip." Whew!
Proceeded through the body scanner thinking all was right with the world.
Wrong.
Husband had decided, for the first time in his life, to carry on a small piece of luggage, mainly for our many medicines. (Getting old is so fun...each birthday, more pills.)
Of course, this is a non-stop flight, but even then, luggage can go astray.
He has NEVER carried on, other than his laptop. I didn't think to check what he had in it.
We put our stuff in the plastic bins, his laptop and shoes and his little carry-on.
We and they all pass through the scanners.
He is sitting down putting his shoes back on when I notice he left the little bag behind.
(Habits...he is usually only worrying about his shoes, belt, and laptop.)
I hurry back to get it, see the bag (it made it throught the scanner).
I reach...
But...oh, no, you can never JUST go back. Big TSA guy has me in his sights, leaps over and grabs the bag before I do.
"Is this your bag?" Yes, it is my husband's, over there, putting his shoes on.
"Sorry, but I have to go through it. One of you has to stay here" (across a counter from him). OK. I stay.
TSA guy takes everything out. Our multiple plastic pill organizers.
Then, a big bottle of Miralax. Oh no! TSA scans it, luckily Miralax is in powder form.
It passes.
Husband has come over by now. "What's wrong?" Now TSA pulls out two cans:
- shave cream
- something to ward off foot fungus.
Both cans are the same size, but, "this one (foot fungus fighter) is OK, but this one (the shave cream) has to go unless you want to go back down and put it in your checked luggage."
I know this drill, have had hair spray confiscated, I say OK, keep it, sorry, thank you.
Husband is steamed, want's an explanation, I kick him (dummy) drag him off "let's go, we can buy you some shave cream."
Big TSA guy giving "the TSA smirk" wanting so badly to say "Yeah, fella, if you want an explanation, I'll be happy to take you in the back and explain it all to you, and by the way, forget about making this flight."
We move on, husband complaining all the way.
Anyway, just kinda funny that my boarding pass with a wrong name made it past TSA eagle eye, the shave cream made it through the scanner, and had we not had to GO BACK, all would have been right with the world.
Truthfully, I get that somebody walking back to the area where our personal items are coming through could steal a bag or purse, but the TSA guy didn't ask to see our ID or boarding passes, just worried about something exceeding the ounce limit.
I feel so safe.
BTW, the return boarding pass from Biloxi airport had my name spelled correctly.
