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<blockquote data-quote="Seat0B" data-source="post: 2385960" data-attributes="member: 71160">Oh you&#039;ve just reminded me [USER=34147]@jpp42[/USER]!&nbsp; In 2004, we took a family trip to USA - Seat Son was 1a young teenager at the time.&nbsp; We took a number of one way flights to get from NY to LA, with visits to friends in Ohio and Missouri and a ski trip in Colorado in the middle.&nbsp; As we were leaving Denver to connect to LAX to connect home,&nbsp; we approached security&nbsp; and diligently offloaded all our water bottles into the bin provided so as not to be over the limit for liquids on board - which at that time were also restricted on domestic flights in the USA.&nbsp; I checked with the kids - are you sure you have either drunk or thrown out all your water - yes mum they chorused back.Unfortunately, we then noticed that we had the dreaded SSSS on our boarding passes - probably because of the one way flights.So off we all go, all four of us, for the extensive additional screening that took a very long time.&nbsp; We had so much hand luggage, winter coats, back packs, ski helmets, everything.&nbsp; They put it all through a scanner, then unpacked every single bag and searched thoroughly through it all, even went through the pockets of our coats, etc before telling us we could now repack everything and leave - all OK.&nbsp; Well the repack was a nightmare and took ages - you know how nothing ever goes back the same way after the first time - and you also know how overheated US airports are in winter.&nbsp; By the time it was all done, we were lathered in sweat and the kids were asking for drinks throughout the whole process.&nbsp; I said we&#039;d buy some once we finished.We &quot;saunter&quot; off to the tables in the food court, as much as you can after that sort of ordeal, sit down and as I am about to go off to buy water for us all, Seat Son opens his back pack and pulls out 4 x 250ml cans of coke that he took from the hotel lounge that morning and says here mum, have this!&nbsp; After all the searching, scanning and unpacking, somehow they totally missed a litre of liquids in his back pack <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😂" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" title="Face with tears of joy&nbsp; &nbsp; :joy:" data-shortname=":joy:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />Why is it always Seat Son that I write about and never Seat Daughter?????</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Seat0B, post: 2385960, member: 71160"] Oh you've just reminded me [USER=34147]@jpp42[/USER]! In 2004, we took a family trip to USA - Seat Son was 1a young teenager at the time. We took a number of one way flights to get from NY to LA, with visits to friends in Ohio and Missouri and a ski trip in Colorado in the middle. As we were leaving Denver to connect to LAX to connect home, we approached security and diligently offloaded all our water bottles into the bin provided so as not to be over the limit for liquids on board - which at that time were also restricted on domestic flights in the USA. I checked with the kids - are you sure you have either drunk or thrown out all your water - yes mum they chorused back. Unfortunately, we then noticed that we had the dreaded SSSS on our boarding passes - probably because of the one way flights. So off we all go, all four of us, for the extensive additional screening that took a very long time. We had so much hand luggage, winter coats, back packs, ski helmets, everything. They put it all through a scanner, then unpacked every single bag and searched thoroughly through it all, even went through the pockets of our coats, etc before telling us we could now repack everything and leave - all OK. Well the repack was a nightmare and took ages - you know how nothing ever goes back the same way after the first time - and you also know how overheated US airports are in winter. By the time it was all done, we were lathered in sweat and the kids were asking for drinks throughout the whole process. I said we'd buy some once we finished. We "saunter" off to the tables in the food court, as much as you can after that sort of ordeal, sit down and as I am about to go off to buy water for us all, Seat Son opens his back pack and pulls out 4 x 250ml cans of coke that he took from the hotel lounge that morning and says here mum, have this! After all the searching, scanning and unpacking, somehow they totally missed a litre of liquids in his back pack 😂 Why is it always Seat Son that I write about and never Seat Daughter????? [/QUOTE]

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