06-14-2024, 02:15 PM
The only baggage I had was my purse and laptop. Made me wait until each and every checked bag was claimed. Asked repeatedly why I would fly to California and back in a few hours.
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That is fairly normal. A flight of more than 4 hours, with no checked baggage can be flagged. They are looking for drug and money couriers. I have a house near Miami and another in Galveston. Since I have full clothing, etc. in all three places, I routinely have no checked baggage, almost always buy one-way tickets and get "the treatment" despite having Global Entry (which includes TSA PreCheck). Generally takes 2-3 minutes of extra time. I have encountered the same TSA agents a few times, who remembered me from previous questioning and they smiled and waved me through.
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That is fairly normal. A flight of more than 4 hours, with no checked baggage can be flagged. They are looking for drug and money couriers. I have a house near Miami and another in Galveston. Since I have full clothing, etc. in all three places, I routinely have no checked baggage, almost always buy one-way tickets and get "the treatment" despite having Global Entry (which includes TSA PreCheck). Generally takes 2-3 minutes of extra time. I have encountered the same TSA agents a few times, who remembered me from previous questioning and they smiled and waved me through.