- Carry your own supply of emergency meds, aspirin and something to stop the sh!ts.
- If you don’t already have one, apply for and carry your countries ID card around and leave passport in the hotel.
- Get a separate credit card with a low ($500-$1000) limit and get an online banking app.
Leave you wallet in the hotel and carry a “war wallet” which is ID and one credit or debit card and a little local cash. Nothing worth dying for.
- Get a cheap watch, again nothing worth dying for.
- Don’t identify yourself as a crewmember in public to a stranger. You work in Transportation and that’s all there is to know.
- Spend a couple of hours scouring YouTube for videos on tourist scams and educate yourself. Well worth your time.
Middle East, Asia and Europe are my favorites.
I don’t particularly like domestic USA flying.
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