How tough is airport security on a laptop?

[AntareStar]

As the topic says, I just got a brand new laptop, and I want to take it on the road with me, I was wondering how much harassment is it going to go through in the airport security since I've never traveled with a laptop before, and don't want to damage it. Thanks.

 

[whistleclient]

depends on the airport.
sometimes they make you take it out of your bag and send it through the x-ray machine in their tub.
sometimes i have to turn it on.

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: tangent1138


depends on the airport.
sometimes they make you take it out of your bag and send it through the x-ray machine in their tub.
sometimes i have to turn it on.

I hope they don't make me turn it on.. I only get like 2 hours of battery life and that would take away at least 5%

 

[jatwell]

Take it out of the bag, put it in a plastic tub. Bag and tub w/ laptop through the xray, you pick it up and put it back in the bag.

Only the laptop itself, all accessories can stay in the bag.

Been through 100's of times, no worries.

 

[xanis]

Most of the time they'll just make you take it out of the bag and send it through.

 

[randomint]

nothing to worry about

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Flew at least a dozen times with my laptop, most I've ever had to do was take it out of my bag and put it in a plastic tub.

 

[vrbaba]

Originally posted by: jatwell
Take it out of the bag, put it in a plastic tub. Bag and tub w/ laptop through the xray, you pick it up and put it back in the bag.

Only the laptop itself, all accessories can stay in the bag.

Been through 100's of times, no worries.

^^ wht he said.

Also, as some have said...its not "most of the time", its "ALL the time" that you have to take it out and put it in a separate plastic tub.

If you dont, they get suspicious and make you do it over again or worse, turn it on and check it themselves.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Originally posted by: jatwell
Take it out of the bag, put it in a plastic tub. Bag and tub w/ laptop through the xray, you pick it up and put it back in the bag.

Only the laptop itself, all accessories can stay in the bag.

Been through 100's of times, no worries.

/me slaps jatwell with a large trout

 

[aphex]

In Venice, they made me put the laptop in a separate container like usual, but then they swiped a pad on my laptop and made me keep it out of my bag for 3-4 minutes while the machine ran a residue test on it...

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: ch33zw1z

Originally posted by: jatwell
Take it out of the bag, put it in a plastic tub. Bag and tub w/ laptop through the xray, you pick it up and put it back in the bag.

Only the laptop itself, all accessories can stay in the bag.

Been through 100's of times, no worries.

/me slaps jatwell with a large trout

ahhhh, the gold old days of mIrc... i miss the bouncing i

 

[habib89]

i've done it tons of times.. i've had two laptops in my carry ons.. they asked me to put the laptop bag in one bin, the laptop in another bin... that's like 5 bins i had to myself plus my carry on