Quote Originally Posted by TxDoc View Post
Is this a joke???
You mean - we take the time to pack it safely and properly and lock the case with the airport-approved padlock and everything... and then someone opens the case and takes everything out? what for - can't they just scan the whole thing for the security check?
Nope no joke. Haven't traveled much since 2001?

If I have anything other than clothes in my checked baggage they open it (I'm slowly moving stuff out of my parents house so there is normally some odds and ends including kitchen knifes). Why they have to open it when knifes are perfectly legal in checked baggage and they'd clearly be knifes on the xray IDK. I guess it then throws it into the "suspicious" category.

Seeing what my normal luggage looks like after they have their way with it the only way I'd give them my bike was if it was in a hard sided bike specific case and packed in such a way that it'd be nigh on impossible for them to put it back in wrong after they tore it all apart.

Otherwise I think I'll just ship it, at least then I can insure the thing against stupidity! (though I've seen the aftermath of some pretty terrible UPS horror stories...poor poor frames )