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as I sit here tonight trying to shake off the jet lag, I thought what the
hell lets give the low down on traveling from the US to Aussie land and back...starting point being DFW ... very somber and to the point at security check point...shoes off, lap top out of bag, cell phones and digital cameras in tray....you pass and if they select you, your selected to get poofed for traces of matter in a chamber ... no one smiles. its all business.... Bags are sent thru to Sydney...no personal search for international flight to OZ if you arrive by AA which shares the hub with Qantas.....but they do re-ticket you for Aussie flight...passport in hand and ticket which they tear up and reissue a new boarding pass....flight at 12:30 at night to Oz.....we arrive at 6 Aussie time into Sydney and deport to immigration and customs....the late Steve Irwin and his 2 beagles in an on board video warns against anyone coming into Oz with any food, raw fruit,spread like cheese or mayo or a skinned chicken which they show....Steve warns you they will find anything you might smuggle into OZ....this point you must of filled out an immigration card to enter OZ on the jet.....ask if your caring any food, been on a farm, illicit drugs....must state what your intention is for entering OZ.....holiday ( vacation) or other selections as work visa and such.....you must have this card filled out...dog comes by and sniffs each and everyone...not beagles but lab....get you passport stamped.....leave the area but you again must pass x-ray luggage as well as carryon to exit international to domestic flights... domestic flights seems who cares....x ray carry on....get on the jet and go....arrive Surfers Paradise Leave Gold Coast on Jet Star, really could care less but you get the once over again.....arrive in Sydney from terminal 1 to 2 international...they x-ray your carry on baggage.....typical inspection.......we walk a long corridor to jet hub....we really don't notice cloth blinds along the corridor...then we are all of a sudden faced with 40 gun laden marshals waiting to do all but a strip search ....every carry on bag is searched.....everyone is patted down as well scanned by a metal detector......they are full force and no smiles...women searched by female marshal...on leaving flight you must have filled out another immigration card with basically the same questions as the Aussie card asks but for USA admission....you get the once over from the imagration officer and allowed to enter..... Checked luggage is screened.....women's luggage the most....they will search your make up, all of it....they are interested in your nail polish mostly...both coming and going the nail polish gets lower and lower in volume.....even if packed in easy to reach roll out make up packaging, they will search your make up....if your mirror is in the way, they don't care if they break it.....ladies pack your make up in easy to reach packaging....leave at top of luggage for quick access....all in all, be patient, the lines are not that long in all instances....you get thru in less than 10 minute waits.... |
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"Mindy" wrote in message link.net... as I sit here tonight trying to shake off the jet lag, I thought what the hell lets give the low down on traveling from the US to Aussie land and back...starting point being DFW ... very somber and to the point at security check point...shoes off, lap top out of bag, cell phones and digital cameras in tray....you pass and if they select you, your selected to get poofed for traces of matter in a chamber ... no one smiles. its all business.... Bags are sent thru to Sydney...no personal search for international flight to OZ if you arrive by AA which shares the hub with Qantas.....but they do re-ticket you for Aussie flight...passport in hand and ticket which they tear up and reissue a new boarding pass....flight at 12:30 at night to Oz.....we arrive at 6 Aussie time into Sydney and deport to immigration and customs....the late Steve Irwin and his 2 beagles in an on board video warns against anyone coming into Oz with any food, raw fruit,spread like cheese or mayo or a skinned chicken which they show....Steve warns you they will find anything you might smuggle into OZ....this point you must of filled out an immigration card to enter OZ on the jet.....ask if your caring any food, been on a farm, illicit drugs....must state what your intention is for entering OZ.....holiday ( vacation) or other selections as work visa and such.....you must have this card filled out...dog comes by and sniffs each and everyone...not beagles but lab....get you passport stamped.....leave the area but you again must pass x-ray luggage as well as carryon to exit international to domestic flights... domestic flights seems who cares....x ray carry on....get on the jet and go....arrive Surfers Paradise Leave Gold Coast on Jet Star, really could care less but you get the once over again.....arrive in Sydney from terminal 1 to 2 international...they x-ray your carry on baggage.....typical inspection.......we walk a long corridor to jet hub....we really don't notice cloth blinds along the corridor...then we are all of a sudden faced with 40 gun laden marshals waiting to do all but a strip search ....every carry on bag is searched.....everyone is patted down as well scanned by a metal detector......they are full force and no smiles...women searched by female marshal...on leaving flight you must have filled out another immigration card with basically the same questions as the Aussie card asks but for USA admission....you get the once over from the imagration officer and allowed to enter..... Checked luggage is screened.....women's luggage the most....they will search your make up, all of it....they are interested in your nail polish mostly...both coming and going the nail polish gets lower and lower in volume.....even if packed in easy to reach roll out make up packaging, they will search your make up....if your mirror is in the way, they don't care if they break it.....ladies pack your make up in easy to reach packaging....leave at top of luggage for quick access....all in all, be patient, the lines are not that long in all instances....you get thru in less than 10 minute waits.... well Mindy, you could always just sat in US and not travel |
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your problem is with the merkins, not the aussies
-- If at first you dont succeed try try try again If at first you do succeed try not to look surprised _ "Mindy" wrote in message link.net... as I sit here tonight trying to shake off the jet lag, I thought what the hell lets give the low down on traveling from the US to Aussie land and back...starting point being DFW ... very somber and to the point at security check point...shoes off, lap top out of bag, cell phones and digital cameras in tray....you pass and if they select you, your selected to get poofed for traces of matter in a chamber ... no one smiles. its all business.... Bags are sent thru to Sydney...no personal search for international flight to OZ if you arrive by AA which shares the hub with Qantas.....but they do re-ticket you for Aussie flight...passport in hand and ticket which they tear up and reissue a new boarding pass....flight at 12:30 at night to Oz.....we arrive at 6 Aussie time into Sydney and deport to immigration and customs....the late Steve Irwin and his 2 beagles in an on board video warns against anyone coming into Oz with any food, raw fruit,spread like cheese or mayo or a skinned chicken which they show....Steve warns you they will find anything you might smuggle into OZ....this point you must of filled out an immigration card to enter OZ on the jet.....ask if your caring any food, been on a farm, illicit drugs....must state what your intention is for entering OZ.....holiday ( vacation) or other selections as work visa and such.....you must have this card filled out...dog comes by and sniffs each and everyone...not beagles but lab....get you passport stamped.....leave the area but you again must pass x-ray luggage as well as carryon to exit international to domestic flights... domestic flights seems who cares....x ray carry on....get on the jet and go....arrive Surfers Paradise Leave Gold Coast on Jet Star, really could care less but you get the once over again.....arrive in Sydney from terminal 1 to 2 international...they x-ray your carry on baggage.....typical inspection.......we walk a long corridor to jet hub....we really don't notice cloth blinds along the corridor...then we are all of a sudden faced with 40 gun laden marshals waiting to do all but a strip search ....every carry on bag is searched.....everyone is patted down as well scanned by a metal detector......they are full force and no smiles...women searched by female marshal...on leaving flight you must have filled out another immigration card with basically the same questions as the Aussie card asks but for USA admission....you get the once over from the imagration officer and allowed to enter..... Checked luggage is screened.....women's luggage the most....they will search your make up, all of it....they are interested in your nail polish mostly...both coming and going the nail polish gets lower and lower in volume.....even if packed in easy to reach roll out make up packaging, they will search your make up....if your mirror is in the way, they don't care if they break it.....ladies pack your make up in easy to reach packaging....leave at top of luggage for quick access....all in all, be patient, the lines are not that long in all instances....you get thru in less than 10 minute waits.... |
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Mindy wrote:
as I sit here tonight trying to shake off the jet lag, I thought what the hell lets give the low down on traveling from the US to Aussie land and back...starting point being DFW ... very somber and to the point at security check point...shoes off, lap top out of bag, cell phones and digital cameras in tray.... It's been like that since S 11. Bags are sent thru to Sydney...no personal search for international flight to OZ if you arrive by AA which shares the hub with Qantas.....but they do re-ticket you for Aussie flight...passport in hand and ticket which they tear up and reissue a new boarding pass....flight at 12:30 at night to Oz 12.30? I thought the 2nd late night flight to Sydney was at 11.30pm from LAX? -- ant Don't try to email me; I'm borrowing the spammer du jour's addy |
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This would be really useful for USA people. Notice the security for flights
heading TO the US was much stronger? The security that was put in place after S11 wasnt' that far from what we had here before it. No knives, for instance. The stuff about their interest in makeup tallies with my experience coming away from the US in April though, they evidently went into my clear plastic case of lipsticks (I bought up big in the 99 cent thing where they got rid of old Cover Girl shades). Some casings were cracked. Mindy wrote: as I sit here tonight trying to shake off the jet lag, I thought what the hell lets give the low down on traveling from the US to Aussie land and back...starting point being DFW ... very somber and to the point at security check point...shoes off, lap top out of bag, cell phones and digital cameras in tray....you pass and if they select you, your selected to get poofed for traces of matter in a chamber ... no one smiles. its all business.... Bags are sent thru to Sydney...no personal search for international flight to OZ if you arrive by AA which shares the hub with Qantas.....but they do re-ticket you for Aussie flight...passport in hand and ticket which they tear up and reissue a new boarding pass....flight at 12:30 at night to Oz.....we arrive at 6 Aussie time into Sydney and deport to immigration and customs....the late Steve Irwin and his 2 beagles in an on board video warns against anyone coming into Oz with any food, raw fruit,spread like cheese or mayo or a skinned chicken which they show....Steve warns you they will find anything you might smuggle into OZ....this point you must of filled out an immigration card to enter OZ on the jet.....ask if your caring any food, been on a farm, illicit drugs....must state what your intention is for entering OZ.....holiday ( vacation) or other selections as work visa and such.....you must have this card filled out...dog comes by and sniffs each and everyone...not beagles but lab....get you passport stamped.....leave the area but you again must pass x-ray luggage as well as carryon to exit international to domestic flights... domestic flights seems who cares....x ray carry on....get on the jet and go....arrive Surfers Paradise Leave Gold Coast on Jet Star, really could care less but you get the once over again.....arrive in Sydney from terminal 1 to 2 international...they x-ray your carry on baggage.....typical inspection.......we walk a long corridor to jet hub....we really don't notice cloth blinds along the corridor...then we are all of a sudden faced with 40 gun laden marshals waiting to do all but a strip search ....every carry on bag is searched.....everyone is patted down as well scanned by a metal detector......they are full force and no smiles...women searched by female marshal...on leaving flight you must have filled out another immigration card with basically the same questions as the Aussie card asks but for USA admission....you get the once over from the imagration officer and allowed to enter..... Checked luggage is screened.....women's luggage the most....they will search your make up, all of it....they are interested in your nail polish mostly...both coming and going the nail polish gets lower and lower in volume.....even if packed in easy to reach roll out make up packaging, they will search your make up....if your mirror is in the way, they don't care if they break it.....ladies pack your make up in easy to reach packaging....leave at top of luggage for quick access....all in all, be patient, the lines are not that long in all instances....you get thru in less than 10 minute waits.... -- ant Don't try to email me; I'm borrowing the spammer du jour's addy |
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Thank you ant for understanding this report on the process, not a commentary
on the policy....I posted this to the Fodor's forum and caught all sorts of flak as if I was reporting on policy....it is great to see someone understand the cosmetic searches....this is what I experienced and wanted female or 1st time travelers to see what was happening.....pack your cosmetics in easy to open cases, remove mirrors and expect to see some opened lids and some damaged goods is not unusual...that's all.... "ant" wrote in message ... This would be really useful for USA people. Notice the security for flights heading TO the US was much stronger? The security that was put in place after S11 wasnt' that far from what we had here before it. No knives, for instance. The stuff about their interest in makeup tallies with my experience coming away from the US in April though, they evidently went into my clear plastic case of lipsticks (I bought up big in the 99 cent thing where they got rid of old Cover Girl shades). Some casings were cracked. |
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Thank you for explaining what the security is going to be like. I
really appreciate the information since we will be going to Australia and New Zealand for the first time in October. I did not think it was a negative rant - just the facts. Thanks again. Mindy wrote: Thank you ant for understanding this report on the process, not a commentary on the policy....I posted this to the Fodor's forum and caught all sorts of |
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Jo Anne, after talking with my wife more let me add some more info.....I
myself know nothing of cosmetics, same as she my tools but she feels her cosmetics are very personal....so with her input let me say this....her most expensive facial cream was squeezed out or pumped out of her cosmetics in the searchs....someone had been in all of them.....she doesnt care who but you will see loss of vauable cosmetic solutions in the search of items.....had she known this she would of packed cheaper items like Oil of Oly or sample packs of her most expensive stuff than let it be wasted in searchs.....now let us refine this statement, we fully back searchs, but if you are packing your stuff that cost alot, beware they dump alot of it in searches.....beware and pack accordingly.....that is all we are saying....have the time of your life there....it is more expensive than the states but what the hey, it is your vacation and Oz will prove to be worth every penny you spend....money matters, they have no pennies or 1 dollar bills....the exchange of dollars may confuse you but look at the coins you get back and they will be in 1 dollar, 2 dollar, 20 cent, 5 cent, 50 cent pieces....you'll get used to the money....have fun and let us know if we can provide any info that may help your trip... "JoAnneV" wrote in message ups.com... Thank you for explaining what the security is going to be like. I really appreciate the information since we will be going to Australia and New Zealand for the first time in October. I did not think it was a negative rant - just the facts. Thanks again. Mindy wrote: Thank you ant for understanding this report on the process, not a commentary on the policy....I posted this to the Fodor's forum and caught all sorts of |
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No matter what you say to read, which I did, what we went thru is what
happens....and it happened over again.......you cant have jells, creams, liquids or aerosols....plain and simple in carry on....what I talked about is checked luggage if you read the report carefully....now let me give you an example I haven't mentioned...I saved for the grandkids something that Qantas gives out from my going to Oz flight.... a little pouch with a Qantas emblem sealed in plastic which contain socks, a sleep mask and a plastic sealed tampon shaped tube with a small tooth brush and maybe an inch long tube of tooth paste...never had opend it in the first place just put it in .......had it in carryon back pack......on the preboard search back to the US, the air marshal tore that whole packaging apart...and removed the inch long tube of toothpaste....handed everything apart back....you can not take gels, creams, liquids or aerosols on board in carryon, no matter what...even chap stick...I only report what actually happens, not what you read Texan will happen....read Ants reply Texan..and like Ant said, they will damage items in search of checked baggage...so dont make things worse by double wrapping something.....keep it simple for quick and easy access to the inspectors....or as you say, " I have NO sympathy when people chose to ignore advice " .... . . wrote in message ... On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:16:20 GMT, "Mindy" wrote: Jo Anne, after talking with my wife more let me add some more info.....I myself know nothing of cosmetics, same as she my tools but she feels her cosmetics are very personal....so with her input let me say this....her most expensive facial cream was squeezed out or pumped out of her cosmetics in the searchs....someone had been in all of them.....she doesnt care who but you will see loss of vauable cosmetic solutions in the search of items.....had she known this she would of packed cheaper items like Oil of Oly or sample packs of her most expensive stuff than let it be wasted in searchs.....now let us refine this statement, we fully back searchs, but if you are packing your stuff that cost alot, beware they dump alot of it in searches.....beware and pack accordingly.....that is all we are saying....have the time of your life there....it is more expensive than the states but what the hey, it is your vacation and Oz will prove to be worth every penny you spend....money matters, they have no pennies or 1 dollar bills....the exchange of dollars may confuse you but look at the coins you get back and they will be in 1 dollar, 2 dollar, 20 cent, 5 cent, 50 cent pieces....you'll get used to the money....have fun and let us know if we can provide any info that may help your trip... I posted a msge in your thread prior to your departure regarding new regulations on what could be carried in your carryon etc and a link to the TSA's website. For whatever reason/s it appears that you did not bother to go to the site and read it otherwise you and your wife would have been VERY aware of what could and could not be carried i.e. cosmetics, in your carryon luggage! She could have packed it in her carryon [and double bagged it as I suggested] and saved herself a LOT of grief! Sorry but I have NO sympathy when people chose to ignore advice - and lordy there's been enough on the news media here about carryon items these past weeks! Cath |
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I blame no one...just that this happens....this is not a commentary of
policy....just what happens if you travel to Oz and back....plain and simple...who cares who does what......not me.....BUT......if your a woman and you have expensive cosmetics, beware of what does happen.....4 days ago this is what transpired Bob....this is aimed to women travelers which I wishes to convey....my husband doesn't know what quality cosmetics cost....Ant said she bought 99 products.....but it is special to her, that is what counts to women....like shoes, you will never understand....we loved Australia while there... "AlmostBob" wrote in message news:JzSLg.6070$0k7.3@clgrps13... your problem is with the merkins, not the aussies -- If at first you dont succeed try try try again If at first you do succeed try not to look surprised _ "Mindy" wrote in message link.net... as I sit here tonight trying to shake off the jet lag, I thought what the hell lets give the low down on traveling from the US to Aussie land and back...starting point being DFW ... very somber and to the point at security check point...shoes off, lap top out of bag, cell phones and digital cameras in tray....you pass and if they select you, your selected to get poofed for traces of matter in a chamber ... no one smiles. its all business.... Bags are sent thru to Sydney...no personal search for international flight to OZ if you arrive by AA which shares the hub with Qantas.....but they do re-ticket you for Aussie flight...passport in hand and ticket which they tear up and reissue a new boarding pass....flight at 12:30 at night to Oz.....we arrive at 6 Aussie time into Sydney and deport to immigration and customs....the late Steve Irwin and his 2 beagles in an on board video warns against anyone coming into Oz with any food, raw fruit,spread like cheese or mayo or a skinned chicken which they show....Steve warns you they will find anything you might smuggle into OZ....this point you must of filled out an immigration card to enter OZ on the jet.....ask if your caring any food, been on a farm, illicit drugs....must state what your intention is for entering OZ.....holiday ( vacation) or other selections as work visa and such.....you must have this card filled out...dog comes by and sniffs each and everyone...not beagles but lab....get you passport stamped.....leave the area but you again must pass x-ray luggage as well as carryon to exit international to domestic flights... domestic flights seems who cares....x ray carry on....get on the jet and go....arrive Surfers Paradise Leave Gold Coast on Jet Star, really could care less but you get the once over again.....arrive in Sydney from terminal 1 to 2 international...they x-ray your carry on baggage.....typical inspection.......we walk a long corridor to jet hub....we really don't notice cloth blinds along the corridor...then we are all of a sudden faced with 40 gun laden marshals waiting to do all but a strip search ....every carry on bag is searched.....everyone is patted down as well scanned by a metal detector......they are full force and no smiles...women searched by female marshal...on leaving flight you must have filled out another immigration card with basically the same questions as the Aussie card asks but for USA admission....you get the once over from the imagration officer and allowed to enter..... Checked luggage is screened.....women's luggage the most....they will search your make up, all of it....they are interested in your nail polish mostly...both coming and going the nail polish gets lower and lower in volume.....even if packed in easy to reach roll out make up packaging, they will search your make up....if your mirror is in the way, they don't care if they break it.....ladies pack your make up in easy to reach packaging....leave at top of luggage for quick access....all in all, be patient, the lines are not that long in all instances....you get thru in less than 10 minute waits.... |
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