LHR Security lost my mobile
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LHR Security lost my mobile
Travelled from Heathrow to Schiphol recently and handed my mobile to one of the guys at security when he requested it. Yes, I should have put it in a bag or something but I wasn't carrying one.
By the time I got through the metal detector my phone had already gone through the X-ray machine, along the conveyor belt and was stolen by some thieving b@astard
Security would accept no responsibility and told me to inform the police. The police suggested I claim off my travel insurance...
By the time I got through the metal detector my phone had already gone through the X-ray machine, along the conveyor belt and was stolen by some thieving b@astard
Security would accept no responsibility and told me to inform the police. The police suggested I claim off my travel insurance...
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And you point is.......
Have to you started a claim with your travel insurance, have you spoken to the local police....perhaps you should of made a report to the police at the time that it was stolen otherwise the insurance company might tell you to get lost on the basis you have no proof.
Maybe claim if the phone has its own insurance ???
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Have to you started a claim with your travel insurance, have you spoken to the local police....perhaps you should of made a report to the police at the time that it was stolen otherwise the insurance company might tell you to get lost on the basis you have no proof.
Maybe claim if the phone has its own insurance ???
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As I said before I spoke to the Police, I also made a formal report.
No, the phone wasn't insured. Yes, I wished it was. Yes, I did feel stupid.
The point I was making is that when giving Security something you assume you will get it back. This is not always the caseand if they do lose something they won't accept responsibility.
I hope fellow travellers learn by my mistake.
Is the point made RT? If not let me know and I will use simpler language
No, the phone wasn't insured. Yes, I wished it was. Yes, I did feel stupid.
The point I was making is that when giving Security something you assume you will get it back. This is not always the caseand if they do lose something they won't accept responsibility.
I hope fellow travellers learn by my mistake.
Is the point made RT? If not let me know and I will use simpler language
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No, it definitley was not insured, at the time I didn't have a house and therefore no house insurance.
Apparently, about 6-12 people leave/lose their phones at security every day, most are reclaimed but some are left behind. Security have a growing pile of phones so maybe someone should think about addressing this issue? Maybe a phone-shop
Safe flying all.
Apparently, about 6-12 people leave/lose their phones at security every day, most are reclaimed but some are left behind. Security have a growing pile of phones so maybe someone should think about addressing this issue? Maybe a phone-shop
Safe flying all.
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I've heard stories about exactly the same trick being played with laptops. Since I've heard of it, I always keep a close eye on mine as it goes through, but if the person in front gets stopped at the metal detector and has to go back through ...
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Certain African airports had the cute trick of setting metal detector to high so it beeped at everything - 'take your watch off' - not a chance!
Certainly signs at Gatwick saying 'place mobile in your case thru x-ray' which I do...
Certainly signs at Gatwick saying 'place mobile in your case thru x-ray' which I do...
Everything is under control.
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Put your name on your laptop also (tape a business card on the back) and check it. Yours may be an identical model to the passenger before or behind you. A colleague spent a week getting his laptop exchanged internationally!
