But many in the airline industry say the deadline for screening checked baggage was unrealistic.
The luggage locator system delivers city-specific information on the whereabouts of checked baggage in real time.
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Under TSA rules, guns are allowed in checked baggage in locked, hard-sided containers.
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According the company, the luggage locator system delivers city-specific information on the whereabouts of checked baggage in real time.
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It must have the federal screeners in place by November 19 and must screen all passenger checked baggage by December 31.
One way to decrease the amount of time spent checking carry-on baggage would be for airlines to allow more checked baggage without additional fees.
The airline does offer two free pieces of checked baggage, so there's no need to fight over overhead space unless you need it.
Airlines are not complying with government orders issued after last month's terrorist hijackings to scan checked baggage for bombs, the Transportation Department's inspector general says.
For example, take airline fees for checked baggage, flying standby, better seats, food, and Internet connectivity: suddenly the price of a ticket can go up by as much as 30%.
When the company set out to do its survey, Ferencsik said, "We were curious to find out how much people were frustrated, " by fees, such as the one for checked baggage.
"The fact that this individual showed up with a one-way ticket, purchased with cash and no checked baggage -- he should have been pulled aside, " said security expert Larry Berg, a consultant with Berg Associates.
S. 3542, the "No-Hassle Flying Act of 2012, " authorizes the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration to determine whether checked baggage on flights originating at foreign airports that has been screened in accordance with an aviation security preclearance agreement must be re-screened in the United States by an explosives detection system before continuing on any additional flights.
In Nigeria, Abdulmutallab checked no baggage on his trip that originated in Lagos on a KLM flight to Amsterdam, where he changed planes to the Northwest flight, according to Harold Demuren, director-general of Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority.
Companies have aggressively sent workers back out on the road, but stricter travel policies emphasize utility over luxury, with some companies billing employees for incidental expenses like in-flight snacks, checked-baggage fees and rental-car fuel surcharges if they forget to fill up the tank.
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One example: NPS influenced JetBlue's choice to offer customers one free checked bag when rival carriers began instituting baggage fees.
Fewer passengers and hefty baggage fees reduced the volume of checked luggage, and so airlines lost fewer bags per passenger.
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But frequent business travelers always try to hold on to their travel gear for a simple reason -- the inexcusably long time it takes for checked-in luggage to make it to baggage-claim carousels.
The New York Time notes how on Thursday after early morning prayers, the Pope checked out of the residence, picked up his baggage and paid the bill himself.
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Worse, baggage handlers and Transportation Security Administration officers have been caught stealing valuables from checked luggage.
But what are the airlines communicating with their baggage fees at the check-in point if you want your luggage checked through so that you no longer have to carry it?
Doing so would encourage passengers to check their baggage so screwdrivers, knives and sports equipment can ride where they belong: in cargo holds inside checked and TSA-screened bags.
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