I travelled from Toronto to Lisbon on Air Canada on September 9 and am scheduled to return to Toronto on on Air Canada on separate 16. How likely is my flight from Lisbon with Air Canada be affected?

Is a 2h 40m connection at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport doable on separate tickets?

Hey everyone! I’ll be arriving at BKK on an international flight at around 8:30 AM and have a separate-ticket domestic flight to Surat Thani departing at 11:10 AM on a weekday.

I’ll need to clear immigration, collect my checked baggage, pass through customs, and check in again for my domestic flight.

For those who have travelled through BKK recently, is this connection realistically manageable using the regular immigration queue, without paying for VIP fast-track?

How long did immigration and baggage collection take when you arrived? Any tips or recent experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

If anyone is traveling in the next 2-3 days to Chennai, Bangalore or any place in Tamilnadu and willing to help carry a laptop, please DM.

Backstory:- I missed my office laptop in Abu Dhabi airport last week. With the help of my friend who lives in Abu Dhabi I was able to collect it from the lost & found dept in Zayed Intl Airport.

DHL is not accepting used laptop as a shipment to Chennai, India.

Also are there any other ways to send the laptop back to India?

Thanks in Advance!!!!

They’re not prescribed or anything I buy them from the store over the counter. It’s a 300 ct bottle so kinda large. I of course won’t need them all but I think it’ll be weird to just have a few in a ziplock bag or something. But how do I bring them aboard? In my checked bag or in my carry on ?

Saw this at my layover today

Please share this. Hopefully some of us will end up connecting and maybe have a case for a class action lawsuit.

I’ve been reading through people’s experiences with invasive TSA pat-downs, and I’m disturbed by how many describe unwanted contact with their breasts, nipples, groin, or genitals, sometimes without understanding beforehand exactly where or how they would be touched.

Some describe feeling humiliated, violated, or retraumatized. Others say they didn’t object because they were afraid of missing their flight, being detained, or making the situation worse.

What concerns me is how many people seem to believe that because it’s TSA, they have no rights and no recourse.

That is not necessarily true.
There have been actual federal court cases involving allegations of assault and battery by TSA screening officers.

Two important cases worth knowing about:

1. Pellegrino v. TSA (2019)
   The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that TSA screening officers qualify as law enforcement officers under the relevant provision of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). This opened the door to certain claims against the federal government for intentional misconduct, including assault and battery.

2. Osmon v. United States (2023–2026)
   A woman sued after alleging that a TSA officer inappropriately touched her genitals during an airport pat-down.

The Fourth Circuit allowed her claim to proceed under the FTCA. She ultimately lost her case after the court determined that the particular search was legally reasonable, and that judgment was upheld in 2026.

But here’s the important distinction: the courts recognized that TSA officers are not automatically immune from lawsuits alleging assault or battery during security screening.
That doesn’t mean every invasive or upsetting pat-down is legally an assault. TSA has lawful authority to conduct security searches, and whether a particular search crossed the legal line depends on the facts.

But being a TSA officer does not give someone unlimited authority to touch your body however they choose.

If you believe a TSA officer touched you inappropriately, exceeded what was necessary for screening, or subjected you to an unlawful search, there are steps you can take:

Document everything immediately. Record the airport, date, approximate time, checkpoint or lane, officer’s description, exactly where and how you were touched, what was explained beforehand, what you said afterward, and any witnesses.

File a formal TSA complaint. Request a complaint reference number and specifically ask that any available CCTV footage, screening records, and incident documentation be preserved.

Consider an FTCA claim. Depending on the circumstances, you may be able to pursue compensation through the Federal Tort Claims Act. There are strict procedural requirements, including a generally applicable two-year deadline to present an administrative claim. An ordinary TSA customer-service complaint should not be assumed to satisfy those requirements.

Consider reporting suspected sexual assault to law enforcement. TSA’s authority to conduct searches does not place officers above criminal law.

Consult an attorney familiar with federal tort claims, civil rights, or aviation security law. A lawyer can assess whether the contact was legally authorized, whether the officer exceeded that authority, and what remedies may be available.

Consider systemic legal action. If multiple passengers have experienced harm arising from the same standardized screening practice, there may be grounds to investigate a class action or another legal challenge. Class certification is not automatic, and individual experiences alone do not establish a viable class action.

Official resources:
TSA complaints: https://www.tsa.gov/contact/customer-service
TSA claims: https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/claims
Federal Tort Claims Act: 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671–2680
Pellegrino v. TSA, 937 F.3d 164 (3d Cir. 2019)
Osmon v. United States, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

I also think we need to have a serious conversation about informed consent and trauma-informed screening.

There is a meaningful difference between telling someone that a search may involve “sensitive areas” and explicitly explaining that an officer may make direct physical contact across their nipples or genital region.

Passengers should know what to expect before intimate contact occurs, not discover the extent of the search while it is happening.

And we need to recognize the power imbalance involved. People may feel they cannot refuse or question a search without jeopardizing their ability to travel.

For survivors of sexual assault, that dynamic can be particularly distressing. Some people freeze, dissociate, or comply automatically. Others may simply be unaware of their options.

Silence is not necessarily comfort. Compliance is not necessarily informed agreement. And an absence of complaints does not mean an absence of harm.

I’m not suggesting that every TSA officer is acting improperly or that airport security isn’t necessary.

I’m questioning whether passengers are being adequately informed about intimate physical contact, whether less intrusive alternatives are being considered, and whether people who experience inappropriate searches understand that legal avenues may exist.

If you’ve experienced something similar, please consider documenting it and seeking appropriate legal advice.

And if you’ve pursued a formal complaint, an FTCA claim, or legal action involving an invasive TSA pat-down, I’d be very interested to hear what happened.

Security screening is necessary. Unaccountable intimate physical contact is not.

Asking for advice from experienced flyers, workers or flight attendants to make everything smoother since I have a disability and benefit from hearing advice straight from the source.

if its helpful, Im using American Airlines.

We flew in to Frankfurt from Seattle 3 weeks ago, transferring to a condor flight to Chania, Crete.

Your Frankfurt airport is absolutely 0 stars for being customer friendly. The transition from B to A absolutely sucked, poorly posted signs, no easy walkway or shuttle¿then you get dumped at a customers border checkpoint, mile
Long line of hundreds of people, and 3 agents that appeared to be sedated, while steering blankly at what I can only imagine is a windows 3.0PC running slow wear!

Result, had to run to flight gate after finally getting through, last shuttle, heats pounding (I¿m a senior). Never seen such a shit show since working in Africa in rhe 1980,s

Return flight to Frankfurt, transit to condor Seattle flight¿.even worse than the inclining flight. The line (Que) to get out of hell (Frankfurt airport to gates b61) was moribund! Line was uncontrolled , people in red jackets not helping or controlling the line cutters, had to be 300+ people on each side of some poorly placed DFS shop!

Well, everyone in the line was unhappy, missing flights, no guidance or corral tapes and standards to keep people from cutting¿reminds me of an African airline boarding in Nigeria in the 1980¿s with no assigned seats, and livestock!!!

Well, the same slow motion sedated boarder police seemed to have shown up again, they even closed up cubicles and went off shift despite the overflowing lines! Simply unbelievable, I never thought a German premier airport could be this bad! We will never return the FRA again. I am writing this email in the slim hope someone in senior frauport, or Frankfurt airport, or Frankfurt politician reads this and takes corrective action asap.

This is totally third world experience for a country that prides itself on technical excellence, reliability and customer service.

Yours sincerely,

My dad dropped someone off at the airport and on the way out he didn’t pay the exit ticket fee thing. He just followed the car that was in front of him out really fast and now he’s worried lol at dfw airport btw

Hello!

I'm travelling to the US from Qatar in March 2027 and returning in April. We're flying Qatar Airways.

I have a question regarding our luggage on the return flight specifically.

The return route will be Orlando Airport (MCO) > transit in Boston Logan Airpot (BOS) > Doha (DOH)

The flight from Orlando to Boston will be operated by JetBlue and the transit is only 1hr 53 minutes. The entire flight was booked through a single booking with Qatar Airways.

Will our luggage be transferred directly from Orlando to our final destination, or do we need to checkin our luggage again at Boston and go through security?

If we have to checkin again, is a 1hr 53 min transit a sufficient time? Noting that we will arrive to Boston through Terminal C, and we will fly from Terminal E. We have no sense of the size of the airport.

Also note that we've already contacted Qatar Airways customer service, and they said we don't know as it depends on the airport policies.

Appreciate any information that could be helpful!

Does london luton airport still have the 100ml liquid limit?

How's the delays been for midweek flights out to Canada

hi!!! i’m going to be traveling to Canada from the US in about a month and it’s my first time ever flying. it’ll be 1 stop between here and the destination and the trip is about 4 days in length so i’m just taking a carry on and maybe 2 personals (i think they’re called).

I have god awful anxiety and really bad sensory issues (lights,sounds,crowds) so i meltdown pretty easily. i’ve tried watching a couple videos on the process but none of them are in detail about what goes on and what needs to be done.. just “go through TSA and find gate” so, could someone let me know what the process is like in the airport going to and from? Preferably as much detail as possible, knowing as much as i can before hand definitely relives some anxiety haha

also maybe what and what not to pack? how cold will it be? are there specific sizes liquids need to be? how strict is TSA? 😅

Worried for my flight this week. Someone provide an update please.

I'm taking my first connecting flight in the US soon and I'm very nervous about it and was hoping someone could answer some questions for me?

1. On the way to the destination I have to get my checked luggage and re check it. Do I have to go through customs afterwards to get to the gates again?

2. Is 2 hrs 45 mins enough time to do customs (if needed), checking my bag again and going through security?