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mistoferin -> Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 11:34:43 AM)

I'm going on a trip this week and am wondering if anyone has had their piercings pose a problem at the airport security check. I have had mine set off alarms at a courthouse...but I have been through many other check points with them and never had an issue. So....anyone????



LuckyAlbatross -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 11:38:43 AM)

Never had any stories of problems, just a bit of extra time with a pat down.

TSA Passenger Security Checkpoints



MHOO314 -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 11:42:18 AM)


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ORIGINAL: mistoferin

I'm going on a trip this week and am wondering if anyone has had their piercings pose a problem at the airport security check. I have had mine set off alarms at a courthouse...but I have been through many other check points with them and never had an issue. So....anyone????




I am sooooooooooo there! LOL---Between all the jewelry, the ankle bracelets, the toe rings and the navel ring--and then the look of utter disappointment when it doesn't buzz between My abdomen and My knees!!! Yes allow a tad of extra time---and I refuse to remove anything, I vowed not to change My life for terrorists!



Sensualips -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 11:42:19 AM)

A friend of mine had issues, but she also had 34 piercings that were concealed by bikini panties. They wanted her to remove them, and she managed to convince them that was not very practical and she would be happy to "show" exactly what was setting them off.



MHOO314 -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 11:44:09 AM)

Thirty four????


not a horse back rider I presume--



Sensualips -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 11:54:30 AM)

I know! I was talking with her partner one night and he mentioned she had 34 piercings. What? No way. He called her over and naturally I had to interrogate her and eventually she took me to the bathroom to show them. I anticipated it would be overkill and kinda creepy looking -- but it was actually quite artistic and nice. Cool pattern. And that was how we met. :)

She did have to take them out for sugery a few months ago and ended up "losing" four of the and was going to have to re-pierce.



IceyOne -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 12:22:48 PM)

I have quite a few piercings, some which are visible and some which are not. I too refuse to remove any of them. I have yet though to set off any of the alarms at airports. I have though, set them off in courthouses and hospitals.



Wildfleurs -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 1:45:04 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: mistoferin

I'm going on a trip this week and am wondering if anyone has had their piercings pose a problem at the airport security check. I have had mine set off alarms at a courthouse...but I have been through many other check points with them and never had an issue. So....anyone????


Never been a problem when I've gone flying.

C~



Sirandlittle1 -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 1:47:22 PM)

i have piecings, have flown over the world, never have they set any alarm off. They are either surgical steel, titanium or silver as a bit of info as to what does not set them off.

what did used to set the alarms off, was a particular chain, that was copper, covered in silver. did it everytime without fail.

Id like to think i was strong enough to be 'noway am i taking these off,'
but know that when push comes to shove, id remove, rather than miss seeing my children at the end of the journey. Nothing, comes higher, so i would remove gladly due to the reward.
I lived through sectarianism, bomb scares and searches a regular thing. People killed regularly. You get to accept security then, and be grateful for it.
I have learned to take up a stance, only when its worth the effort.
little1



BitaTruble -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 1:54:12 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: mistoferin

I'm going on a trip this week and am wondering if anyone has had their piercings pose a problem at the airport security check. I have had mine set off alarms at a courthouse...but I have been through many other check points with them and never had an issue. So....anyone????


My piercings have never set off an airport alarm and I travel pretty extensively through a variety of different airports. If it's something which is of great concern, you can remove them and run string through the holes so they don't close up while you travel.

Celeste



mistoferin -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 3:19:07 PM)

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If it's something which is of great concern, you can remove them and run string through the holes so they don't close up while you travel.


Lol....not a great concern as I am FAR from shy...if they need to see them I have no problem showing them to them. I was just wondering if it was going to cause delays. Thanks for all the info everyone.



BlkTallFullfig -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 5:59:42 PM)

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Lol....not a great concern as I am FAR from shy...if they need to see them I have no problem showing them to them. I was just wondering if it was going to cause delays. Thanks for all the info everyone.
Yes it can cause delays.. I almost missed one flight (because of long slow lines and security checks) when they went looking in the carry on (for non vanilla items). I don't have any piercings, but my bracelets usually set off as I walk through, so I take them off before going through.
I would simply allot more time to do a show and tell if they want to see, and that should be fine. M



tasha_tart -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 6:34:43 PM)

Well, I flew to Vancouver and back in August and did not set off any alarms. No strip search for me. [:(]

I have 39 piercings, all of them stainless except for three in titanium. I've been going through airport-style metal detectors at work every day for a couple of years now without alarming them either.

Tasha



newflowers -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 6:46:50 PM)

my experience it that is depends on the airport and the day. traveling through the same airport at differnt times - sometimes yes, sometimes no. if you e-ticket, it makes all of the line waiting much shorter. just print your boarding pass before you go to the airport and breeze right through to the final check point.

happy and safe travel -

newflowers



NakedOnMyChain -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 8:37:56 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: mistoferin

I'm going on a trip this week and am wondering if anyone has had their piercings pose a problem at the airport security check. I have had mine set off alarms at a courthouse...but I have been through many other check points with them and never had an issue. So....anyone????


I never had a problem with mine.



mantis65 -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/24/2006 9:55:40 PM)

i almost missed jury duty (case was dropped anyway) last week and forgot to remove my rings. they didnt set off the courthouse detector though.



Taik -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/25/2006 10:46:55 AM)

Maybe it's just be but does it strike anyone else as some what interesting, that from above statements most Court Houses and Hospitals have better (or more sensitive) metal detectors then airports? One would think it should be the other way around. Having traveled a lot in Europe back and forth to the US and now in Asia, I find US airport security to be a joke and extremely time consuming. In Germany and Italy my necklace sets them off and it has about a dimes worth of metal, however in the US I have passed through with a Leatherman pocket tool that I had forgoten in a cargo pocket.

Anyways back to the topic, I think you should be fine, and in the event they do set it off you'll just get a pat down from a member of the same sex.



sweetpettjenny -> RE: Piercings and airport security?? (1/25/2006 2:16:21 PM)

im pierced with 5 piercings from the neck down and never set any airport bells off.



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