Is it fishy to travel without luggage? I’ve done it tons of times, who knew?
I have to fly back home. My brother was forcebullay taken to the hospital for thirty days do to a mental attack. My quest is I have not carry on's or anything beside the ticket. Will the TSA target me
Submitted 1 month ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 1 month ago
khannie@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
My dad used to say that all you really need when traveling is your passport, tickets and cash and that’s true enough IMO.
It’s brave though. At a minimum I always take clean t-shirt, undies and socks. It has paid off more than once.
spongebue@lemmy.world 1 month ago
TSA will probably assume you just checked your luggage at the ticket counter. But they won’t care either way.
etchinghillside@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Is this domestic travel or are you going through customs?
Domestic - nope. It’s possible they can look it up - but for all they know - you just checked your bags.
International/customs - don’t say you have a large amount of money on you or any meat/fruit in your socks and you’ll probably be fine.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 month ago
…well what am I supposed to do with all these foot toasted slim jims???
pleasejustdie@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You joke, but Trevor Noah ate a whole bag of biltong (South African jerky) in front of customs because customs would not let him into the country with it.
UncleBadTouch@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
chew fast
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If you don’t want to attract attention, be bored.
And let all your face and body show it at all times.
Do all the typical things at the right time. Don’t talk to anybody - only the needed minimum. Have neither fear nor fun.
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
That reminds me of the ‘invisibility’ the witches and Will Parry can supposedly do in His Dark Materials
j4k3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Good luck. I hope your brother gets good treatment and everything works out for the better Don.
TehWorld@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I did an air commute with, weekends at home and weekdays on-site at an apartment. I flew with my phone, headphones and wallet only as my key got hidden in my beater car-bumper. Never had a second glance at TSA.
H1jAcK@lemm.ee 1 month ago
No, shouldn’t really be an issue. People fly without luggage regularly, for many reasons. If they decide to flag and check you, just explain your situation
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What’s your complexion?
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I travel domestically a fair bit for work and I always try to look suspicious to get randomly chosen for an extra check because I get to skip the majority of the line up.
So far I’m at like 1 random check out of every 3 times I travel. Saves like 30 minutes of standing in a hot line up with no air circulation.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
No. I’ve done many short haul flights like that without problems, including in the US.
Sometimes the duration of your stay is a short one, and your baggage (or lack thereof) will reflect that.
I’ve done a lot of hops between Houston and Mobile like that.
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
If you’re so worried about this, why not take a backpack? You’re always safer with a change of clothes in case something happens and even on short flights having a tablet to watch something on the plane can be useful. Plus I think all tickets allow for a backpack.
In any case I don’t think it’s weird, I’ve seen many people traveling without any sort of luggage and never thought twice about it.
Nomecks@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Mental attack? What did your brother do?
Patnou@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
He had an episode he has Severe Social Anxiety Disorder , Bi Polar Schizo and a number of other things. Apparently he locked himself in his bedroom and didn’t leave for two days. Don’t ask me where he used the toilet. My mom called 988 and the police for some dumbass reason thought it was a hostage situation so they kicked in the front door pushed my mom aside and kicked open his bedroom door and just dove on him and hog tied him. They initially arrested him for resisting arrest. Then they changed it he was abusive toward a family member then they said he was interfering with gov ops while in jail until they got the point he was mentally ill like my mom told them. He is currently in a state hospital for mental disorders. And kept repeating he wanted to talk to me. Long story short I love my brother he does have his problems like all of us. But even if a person from your family needed you and you were half way around the world you would come back. Currently sitting outside the door waiting to go in to the psych unit. Been here for 5 hours.
olafurp@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Arresting a person for resisting arrest is some next level bullshit.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
But even if a person from your family needed you and you were half way around the world you would come back.
Damn I wish I had a sibling like you. My brother would just stab me in the back unprompted, unprovoked.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Executed a corporate supervillian and the legal system is already making up “crazy person” narrative. Smh
twistypencil@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
They do random targeting, so even if you were carrying nothing, it’s still possible
Today@lemmy.world 1 month ago
We rarely check bags.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 weeks ago
You’re probably going to get some additional scrutiny for not having any ID on you.
No one is going to know you if you did it didn’t check any luggage, but it seems odd that you aren’t bringing anything to travel, especially if you don’t know how long you’ll be there.
Patnou@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
ALready back home it was a one way ticket. Yes I had problems with the TSA because they strip search me because I was coming from a state that has recreational mary jane to a state that just do it for medicine.
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That happened…
jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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