Originally Posted by firemac
A couple of months ago @ Bangkok for BA to LHR.
X-ray machines in concourse, before check-in, for suitcases, etc. Paxs told to put suitcases into machines & then allowed to walk to other end of machine WITH briefcases, coats, etc. to take suitcases off!
Did the suitcases get stickered by security after being X-rayed? If so, they're then OK as checked baggage.
Your briefcases, coats, etc. get screened as cabin baggage when you're airside after you leave the main shopping area, at the entrance to the pier where your aircraft's gate is.