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A plastic water bottle isn’t triggering a tsa pre check metal detector. I’m totally doing this next trip
by grepfru_it 8mo ago
A plastic water bottle isn’t triggering a tsa pre check metal detector. I’m totally doing this next trip
- kleiba 8mo agoI've never done that yet I've never had any trouble finding water past security or even on a plane?!
- fc417fc802 8mo agoWhen people say "water" here I have to assume they mean "vodka". Otherwise you can just bring an empty bottle and fill it on the other side. It's the toiletries that pose a problem.
- JasonADrury 8mo agoDisappointingly, in my case it's usually just water. I'm walking towards security with my bottle, I can either slip it in my pocket or put it in a bin. Not throwing it away saves a bit of time and quickly becomes the default choice.
- angry_octet 8mo agoI've been in many airports where there is no water on the other side of the X-ray. At KLIA and DPS they have none to buy even, and then you have to fight for it on the plane. At CDG you have to buy it, no water fountain. It's extremely aggravating.
- Scoundreller 8mo agoI’ve definitely found free water fountains at CDG. Now, one of the Bucharest airports literally does not have potable tap water. Their well, being under an airport and all, is contaminated. By email, they did inform me that the water is microbiologically fine. Unsure of their pipe to the municipal system was been built out.
- benjiro 8mo agoProbably a issue with PFAS contamination. Stuff was used in firefighting water, and has contaminated just about every airport and the surrounding area's groundwater, all over the world. So while microbiologically safe, it has PFAS issues.
- Scoundreller 8mo agoEither that or hydrocarbons from leaks over several decades or deicing fluid easily infiltrating their wells, or all! Or they don’t test it and therefore can’t certify it but I did take a swig and immediately spat it out.
- angry_octet 8mo agoWell none at the AA gates, just had to buy it at Relay at usurious prices.
- account42 8mo agoDepending on the airport and terminal (e.g. shitholes like Frankfurt, especially terminal 2), filling it on the other side might mean a washbasin in a stinky toilet because they'd rather you buy overpriced bottled water. And many airports that do have at least water fountains only have some that seem deliberately designed to prevent you from using them to fill any reasonably sized bottle. Also, don't count on security not throwing away your empty water bottle anyway just because they can.
- xp84 8mo agoWow, it's refreshing to read that we maybe we don't have it the worst in the US, right here amongst everyone's beefs with TSA. Every airport domestically I've ever flown to has not just water fountains, but the convenient bottle-fillers (usually connected to the normal fountains). I always just bring an empty plain disposable plastic bottle, for its light weight, and security never bats an eye at it.
- londons_explore 8mo agoSome airports charge money for water after security. Others disallow even empty bottles at security screening
- michaelt 8mo agoAirport prices in the UK for recreational travel work like so: Flight from London to Barcelona: £16 Bottle of water past security: £5 Train to airport: £26 Taxi enters drop-off area for 30 seconds: £7 A person who wants to get the advertised flight at the advertised price has to be very careful.
- gizajob 8mo agoYeah it’s got out and out criminal at this point. Not sure why we should accept a £6.40 charge to drop someone or collect someone from an airport when that’s the actual function and necessity of using an airport. I got charged £100 at COUNCIL OWNED Manchester airport for picking up a friend who accidentally had put themselves in the drop off zone rather than the collect zone. Just completely vile and disgusting corporatism at every single level.
- fc417fc802 8mo agoAre you saying they fined you for picking someone up in the drop off area? If so that's pretty wild. It's all just traffic at the end of the day.
- gizajob 8mo agoYes. They have paid sneaks standing around and the second you do something like that they radio to the people who control the barriers so you can’t get out without paying it. Just completely f*cked state of affairs. https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/drop-off-zone-terms-and-conditions/ https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/dro... “ 1.3 Breach of these terms and conditions may result in Parking Charges up to £100. An additional fee of up to £70 may be applied for the costs of debt recovery. 9.1 Drop-off only: The Drop Off Zone may only be used to drop-off passengers and not for pick-up. There are separate designated areas for the pick-up of passengers. Use of the Drop Off Zone for any other purpose will result in the issuance of a Parking Charge.
- mlrtime 8mo agoI do that all the time in certain airports when the drop off is essentially empty with 0 line but pickup is a half mile row of cars.
- morpheuskafka 8mo agoThey could theoretically revoke precheck for doing this, but my guess is they won't because it is a believable accident (just like people leave them in their bag all the time) and given that the sign warning about firearms mentions that even that is just a five year suspension, not permanent, my guess is they wouldn't even bother for an harmless item.
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