Question for frequent fliers

[kallend 2,027]

My GF's son has to fly to Boston, then on to New York City, then back to Chicago. How does one book airline flights that don't show up to the TSA goons as three one way tickets and get him hauled out for special treatment at each airport?

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[NWFlyer 2]

Most travel web sites (either the multi-airline ones like Orbitz, Expedia, and Travelocity or the ones for the individual airlines) can book you a multi-city trip - it'll all show up on a single itinerary and won't look like one-way tickets.

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[waltappel 1]

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My GF's son has to fly to Boston, then on to New York City, then back to Chicago. How does one book airline flights that don't show up to the TSA goons as three one way tickets and get him hauled out for special treatment at each airport?

Tell him to dress in traditional Muslim clothing and he'll have no problems. Word has it that they only single out the elderly and people in wheelchairs.

Walt

[ntrprnr 0]

Unfortunately, one-ways receive the special "anal-probe" version of the TSA. Nothing really that can be done. Stick with the same airline, if you're an elite member, all the better.

But yeah, one-ways tend to screw you from a TSA standpoint, sadly.

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[monkycndo 0]

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Unfortunately, one-ways receive the special "anal-probe" version of the TSA.

So that is why you book all of your flights as one ways, even though the are round trips. I hope they at least kiss you first.

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[ntrprnr 0]

I nearly got arrested once after a random search for asking the guy who did it if he would at least "buy me a drink, or if not, use some vaseline!" His response: "Is that a threat?"

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[monkycndo 0]

Some people have no sense of humor. Did you at least get the drink?

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I've flown a lot of 1-way trips lately - one of which had 4 connections - I didn't have a single search or even a little problem. I think it depends on the TSA's guy's time of month.

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Unfortunately, one-ways receive the special "anal-probe" version of the TSA. Nothing really that can be done. Stick with the same airline, if you're an elite member, all the better.

But yeah, one-ways tend to screw you from a TSA standpoint, sadly.

You want even MORE special treatment?? Show up to security with a one way ticket, riding in a wheelchair, and carrying crutches. I thought they were going to put my leg throught the x-ray to check the cast.

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[kallend 2,027]

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Unfortunately, one-ways receive the special "anal-probe" version of the TSA. Nothing really that can be done. Stick with the same airline, if you're an elite member, all the better.

But yeah, one-ways tend to screw you from a TSA standpoint, sadly.

You want even MORE special treatment?? Show up to security with a one way ticket, riding in a wheelchair, and carrying crutches. I thought they were going to put my leg throught the x-ray to check the cast.

Well, the kid is going to show up asking to gate-load his cello. That will add to the fun.

I don't have any of this hassle with Mooney-Air.

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Mooney-Air also does not fit a cello, 2 people and luggage very well though.

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[waltappel 1]

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You want even MORE special treatment?? Show up to security with a one way ticket, riding in a wheelchair, and carrying crutches. I thought they were going to put my leg throught the x-ray to check the cast.

My guess is you got the "special treatment" 'cuz of all your "hardware" driving the metal detectors crazy.

Walt

[iamsam 0]

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Some people have no sense of humor. Did you at least get the drink?

or the vaseline?

but what do I know

[VectorBoy 0]

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Mooney-Air also does not fit a cello, 2 people and luggage very well though.

You can rent a cello, buy new luggage and meet two new people when you get there. There is plenty of cozy room in a mooney for one dedicated hot chick navigator keep in mind.

[HeadLicker 0]

Another way of getting attention from TSA is to carry on your rig and ask for an exit row/window seat. And always remember to keep murmering to yourself.

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[monkycndo 0]

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You want even MORE special treatment?? Show up to security with a one way ticket, riding in a wheelchair, and carrying crutches. I thought they were going to put my leg throught the x-ray to check the cast.

This was the situation for me on my return flight from Eloy. The line wasn't long, but they took me right to the front, gave me a wood cane to hobble through with, and a new chair was waiting for me on the other side. They were much more concerned with my video camera. No anal probe though. I guess Peter is just special.

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You want even MORE special treatment?? Show up to security with a one way ticket, riding in a wheelchair, and carrying crutches. I thought they were going to put my leg throught the x-ray to check the cast.

This was the situation for me on my return flight from Eloy. The line wasn't long, but they took me right to the front, gave me a wood cane to hobble through with, and a new chair was waiting for me on the other side. They were much more concerned with my video camera. No anal probe though. I guess Peter is just special.

How can I be special? And do I get to chose which TSA rep does the probing?

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[VectorBoy 0]

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Another way of getting attention from TSA is to carry on your rig and ask for an exit row/window seat. And always remember to keep murmering to yourself.

A couple of years ago on a flight with my rig, during the descent my neptune started beeping. I was making an effort to silence the audible alarm right when an attendant was walking by, noticed it Beeping and exclaimed " whats that"!?! Like it was some remote detonator for something bigger that I might have checked.

It took a more than a few seconds to convince her I was a skydiver and that its simply an altimeter. I should have just held it up to my ear as a really stylish cellphone and gave her international "shush" I'm on the phone look.

[SBS 0]

You can probably an airline to book it as a solid flight, but you will likely pay huge for it. You should book on one airline, and hope for the best. Purchasing it online, you never know what you're going to get, even if you purchase them on the same airline. I would recommend looking for it online and finding the cheapest rate on the same airline. Then call that airline and find out if they can give you that rate for a continuous ticket. Like someone else said, though, sometimes you get nailed and sometimes you don't...it's really a shot in the dark. It's definitely not worth spending much extra, as you can still get screwed anyway.

Anyway, good luck.

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[Frenchy68 0]

I shall add that should she be traveling on a fairly tight schedule (which may not be the case), as in making all these stops in a limited amount of time, should one plane's late arrival or departure, for any reason, caused her to miss a connection, she would eat the ticket of the missed plane(s) if not part of one same itinerary.

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[kallend 2,027]

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Mooney-Air also does not fit a cello, 2 people and luggage very well though.

I can assure you that Mooney-Air fits 3 people, a cello, a viola, and luggage for a week of music camp for the two musicians.

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