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Rule 240: Don't Fly Without A Copy Of Rule 240
Leftover Loot
Since 9/11, the Transportation Security Administration has collected tons of items at security checkpoints; in 2006 alone, screeners took in more than 13 million items. What happens to all that stuff?healthcare
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iraq
Nothing you can take with you. I just save a few things from the flight for the stopover if necessary--all depending what's available on the flight and what is going to be available in the airport layover.
Airport food
The Secret of Folding a Suit Coat
RANT: Airline Travel Etiquette
A seasoned traveler who ventured further into third world slums than I ever would told me about this nifty trick-of-the-trade. Make a good color copy of your passport, including the covers. Align the inside sheet of your passport data with the outside passport cover sheet. Glue together. Laminate. Score and fold.
Cool Tool: Passport proxy
customs
Phileas Fogg had Passepartout, Bertie Wooster had Jeeves and Sir Edmund Hillary had a retinue of stalwart Sherpas. The rest of us, alas, must schlep our own bags. That's the best reason to pack light, but it's not the only one. By limiting ourselves to one carry-on, we can be off the plane and halfway to Boulevard Saint-Germain while others huddle expectantly around the luggage carousel. We don't worry that our checked bags will take an unplanned detour to Duluth or Dar es Salaam.

