Checked in luggage

[mur007]

What happens in a situation where a passenger checking luggage into the hold tells the member of staff at checkin that they did not pack one of the bags himself? I am due to fly with my friend's two girls (aged five and eight) to Glasgow next week. They are at their Dad's right now and I will be taking them back to their Mum's. I was going to go up and visit anyway so we thought we'd kill two birds with one stone by getting me to meet their dad at the airport and I'd take them on the plane back home. Obviously their dad will have packed their suitcases and not me. Now, I'm not for one second suggesting that he would so anything silly security-wise but I did wonder what the procedure was for a situation like this.

[Vld1977]

Well, it will be the kids check-in in their bags, not you. Airlines do not expect small kids to pack their bags themselves, and, as the dad will be at check-in with them, it is understood that their guardian or parent supervised the packing. But you will be checking in your own bag and the children theirs.

Anyway, if someone says they are carrying something they didn´t pack themselves, the procedure is usually just taking the bag to a special check-in desk, and the bags will undergo a more scrutinised and separated security check and x-ray scan.

Is not illegal to carry something you didn´t pack, it just has to go through different channels, and the usual outcome is just the inconvenience of having to take the bags to a special desk (in LHR is usually the belt for outsized luggage).

[Piltdown Man]

I'd lie, like everyone else - the rather pointless question attempts to determine if someone has packed some form of bomb inside your luggage without your knowledge. In reality, the poor sod who would act as the "mule" will have been told by their "lover" some cock and bull story about their being something special in the bag for them and to answer the question as I have suggested.

It is another example of "stable doors" and "bolting horses."

PM

[frontcheck]

The security questions are no longer a requirement with all airlines, so it really depends on which airline you are travelling .

[choxs]

and to comment on the above post, i think you will find now that most airlines dont expect the check-in agent to ask the questions anymore as its no longer a requirment.

The only thing you should be asked if if you are carry any dangerous goods:ok: