The Art of Checking Your Laptop as Luggage

Iria · Aug 19, 2006, 06:15 AM

Source: eWeek
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The threat was terrorism, so it's understandable why passengers on some trans-Atlantic flights suddenly found themselves trying to find a way to stash their electronics, including their laptop computers, iPods, cell phones and BlackBerry devices, into their checked luggage.

Some of those items, such as cell phones, will travel fine there, but others, notably your laptop computer, aren't designed to handle the stress of luggage handlers and baggage sorting machines.

Aug 19, 2006, 06:15 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	The Art of Checking Your Laptop as Luggage Source: eWeek _______ The threat was terrorism, so it's understandable why passengers on some trans-Atlantic flights suddenly found themselves trying to find a way to stash their electronics, including their laptop computers, iPods, cell phones and BlackBerry devices, into their checked luggage. Some of those items, such as cell phones, will travel fine there, but others, notably your laptop computer, aren't designed to handle the stress of luggage handlers and baggage sorting machines.