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Sal Airport Hold Baggage
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Hi folks,
Recently returned from a great holiday to Sal, Cape Verde and all went well until we were home! It was a late arrival flight so we simply grabbed our cases and headed home without a second thought. However next day on going to open the cases we found one of them had had the lock snapped off and the case rifled through.
Nothing of any great value was taken and we had nothing such as cigarettes, alcohol, jewellery, money in the case anyway. We have reported the situation to Thomson more as a note rather than anything else as we are aware we can do hardly anything about this now.
We flew from Manchester and to be fair it is not known when the case was opened-Sal or Manchester.
However the post is just a note to all travellers to be aware of this situation-as well as other airports around the world. Make sure nothing of major value to you is in your hold luggage and please check all cases as you collect them at any airport and report there and then any issues.
Recently returned from a great holiday to Sal, Cape Verde and all went well until we were home! It was a late arrival flight so we simply grabbed our cases and headed home without a second thought. However next day on going to open the cases we found one of them had had the lock snapped off and the case rifled through.
Nothing of any great value was taken and we had nothing such as cigarettes, alcohol, jewellery, money in the case anyway. We have reported the situation to Thomson more as a note rather than anything else as we are aware we can do hardly anything about this now.
We flew from Manchester and to be fair it is not known when the case was opened-Sal or Manchester.
However the post is just a note to all travellers to be aware of this situation-as well as other airports around the world. Make sure nothing of major value to you is in your hold luggage and please check all cases as you collect them at any airport and report there and then any issues.
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Security services at airports can search bags and if that means snapping a padlock off then they can do it.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2608114/Whos-rifling-suitcase-Its-revealed-airport-staff-secretly-open-thousands-holidaymakers-bags-But-thats-just-start-it.htmlFeudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..0 -
That was something that also crossed our mind-however surely they would not ransack the case as it was left, take a few small items or not even inform us of the damage caused?0
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C_Mababejive wrote: »Security services at airports can search bags and if that means snapping a padlock off then they can do it.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2608114/Whos-rifling-suitcase-Its-revealed-airport-staff-secretly-open-thousands-holidaymakers-bags-But-thats-just-start-it.html
DD flew to US in August and her padlock was removed and case searched. US Customs left a polite note inside telling her what happened.0
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