My trip to NYC for HOPE

[gwillen]

TL;DR: Airlines suck, but I made it to HOPE despite them. Running ethernet cable is fun

Comments

[bubblingbeebles]

you weren't carrying your wallet in your pocket why exactly...? congrats on the smooth recovery, though

[gwillen]

I always empty my pockets into my luggage when going through security, to minimize metal detector triggerings. I have resolved in the future to only empty them into my backpack, never my carryon, since it's not infrequent that I end up being forced to check it planeside, and I'm a forgetful type.

[lorimt]

If it makes you feel any better, your PHL feeding scheme requires you to go back through security with your food, which will be harder without your ID from your wallet. (Unless you left your ID separate when you went through the first time, and so still had it, I suppose. :) )

[gwillen]

Actually yeah, that is exactly what happened -- I still had my ID in my pocket. Hopefully I would have thought to check that before trying the scheme, though! ;-)

[jgrafton]

Also, you wouldn't be allowed to bring food through security. You'd have to quickly snarf it up outside.