Phones Get Stolen At TSA Checkpoints More Often Than You Probably Realized
In fact, according to the TSA, somewhere between 90,000 and 100,000 items get left behind at security checkpoints on a monthly basis. Obviously, not all of those are phones, but plenty are.
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- In fact, according to the TSA, somewhere between 90,000 and 100,000 items get left behind at security checkpoints on a monthly basis.
- Now, TSA's electronics rules do cover what's allowed in checked bags versus carry-ons, but those guidelines don't really help once a device is sitting unattended in a tray.
- Travel + Leisure spoke to one flyer who learned about airport theft the hard way.
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In fact, according to the TSA, somewhere between 90,000 and 100,000 items get left behind at security checkpoints on a monthly basis.
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She was sprinting between gates to catch a connecting flight when she dropped her phone in a bin and kept moving without it.
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She was sprinting between gates to catch a connecting flight when she dropped her phone in a bin and kept moving without it. The realization only hit her once the plane started to take off. She pinged the airport from her laptop while still airborne but no reply came back. Eventually, the airport admitted it had never turned up.
Forgetfulness isn't the way you can turn phoneless, though. A viral TikTok from a flier, picked up, has a TSA agent telling her that placing your phone bare in the bin is "the fastest way to get it stolen." Phones, she relayed, are what agents see vanishing the most.
How to keep your phone safe at the airport Chalabala/Getty Images The most basic way to keep your phone safe is rather unglamorous. Just tuck it into a zipped pocket inside your bag before the bag goes anywhere near the scanner belt.
That way, anyone with sticky fingers
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