Luggage lock broken at airport

Tojo_Ralph

davethetaller wrote: »

Crypes, Tojo Ralph, If I was up to mischief with other peoples cases, and it was a choice between my case with a cable tie, and your hard bodied case with a combo lock, and three lockable clasps; I would be more curious to know what was in yours!

Amateur .... My case bears all the hallmarks of business travel with the guts of 200,000 air miles under its belt, so if I were a thief, would I be interested in a business travellers case belonging to someone who most likely has the sense not to put valuables in their case, or a nice shiny spanking new case with name and address tags on it that smacks of holidaymaker and potential?

As for a high security design, that's not the idea, I like the design simply because having had my share of damaged cases, the lockable clasps help keep the case in one piece as it helps prevent the clasps flying open when the case twists as it's bounced, hurled or thrown overarm.

Tojo_Ralph

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With regard to an earlier comment, here's how to open a zipped case.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwpv4lk_qio

Becles

ScarletBea wrote: »

bryanb, this was a checked-in suitcase, so I'm not near it when it's xrayed.
I've heard of airports that have xrays at the check-in counters, but then that would just increase queues, I guess

Dalaman airport in Turkey has x-ray machines at the main entrance doors to the airport. On entry to the terminal building, all your cases and hand luggage is x-rayed and all the people have to walk through the metal detector.

You check in as normal and go through to departures. When you enter your gate waiting area, your hand baggage is x-rayed again and you go through another metal detector.

It didn't really increase queues at all and everything flowed ok.

chuckley

when u lock it it makes people want to take a look...

this is why u should never use them.

leosayer39

Tojo_Ralph wrote: »

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With regard to an earlier comment, here's how to open a zipped case.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwpv4lk_qio

Dont you just love that video

Leo

ScarletBea

chuckley wrote: »

when u lock it it makes people want to take a look...

this is why u should never use them.

This, that you and several otehrs before have said, is just silly, when you consider the number of people that a checked-in suitcase goes through before it gets to me at the end airport.
It's like saying that locking your house is silly because it will mean there are things to steal there, or locking your car when you don't have bags in it, and so on.

You may want lots of people going through your clothes and books, but I'll refrain from that, thanks... :rolleyes:

sturll

ScarletBea wrote: »

This, that you and several otehrs before have said, is just silly, when you consider the number of people that a checked-in suitcase goes through before it gets to me at the end airport.
It's like saying that locking your house is silly because it will mean there are things to steal there, or locking your car when you don't have bags in it, and so on.

You may want lots of people going through your clothes and books, but I'll refrain from that, thanks... :rolleyes:

It is nothing like your example of locking a house - everyone locks their house.

If you cant find the distinction then please say and ill not waste my time trying to convince you that when about 90% dont lock their cases those that do draw a natural suspicion (potentially)

ScarletBea

sturll wrote: »

about 90% dont lock their cases those that do draw a natural suspicion (potentially)

I'd really like to know what kind of flights you do, because in all my (numerous) flights I've never seen unlocked suitcases...

sturll

ScarletBea wrote: »

I'd really like to know what kind of flights you do, because in all my (numerous) flights I've never seen unlocked suitcases...

Mainly transatlantic and internal USA with 4 or 5 European jollys thrown in for good measure.

Not that i make a point of looking for locks you understand.

phatbear

ScarletBea wrote: »

I'd really like to know what kind of flights you do, because in all my (numerous) flights I've never seen unlocked suitcases...

I'll take some pics for you next time im at work.

all the best

the bear