Monkey in a Bag. Seriously.

Do TSA Agents ever get a break? Seems some clueless moron recently turned up at the airport with – yes it’s true – a Monkey in a Bag. But it gets even better! Whilst you and I are strip-searched, poked and manhandled by those delightfully nonchalant folk in their drab uniforms, [...]

Alaska Airlines making travel more efficient

As reported in the March 2008 Fast Company Magazine’s article, “Hustle & Flow“, Alaska Airlines is addressing the headache of commercial travel head-on.
They recently spent over $28 million to update the Seattle-Tacoma terminal with a series of kiosks and stations to help travelers matriculate through check-in. According to the article the new system takes travelers [...]

Traveling With Wine

It used to be so easy…
Go wine tasting in the Willamette Valley, then fly home with a few bottles of Pinot in your six pack carrier.
Visit a relative in a non-wine state, and bring a bottle of bubbles or Napa Cab in your carry-on as a congrats or housewarming gift.
Take a vacation in Maui and [...]

TSA Approval (kind of)

We are thrilled to have received the highest compliment the Transportation Security Administration could possibly pay us – to not “object” to our product. Although some travel products out there will claim to be “TSA-Certified” this is absolutely not possible.
To prove this, I am copying, verbatim, the “approval” letter we received from the TSA for [...]

Making Progress

Welcome to the new Flybag “flyer forum” blog. Here you will find resources regarding traveler safety, restrictions, regulations, as well as frustrations, annoyances and grievances. You may even find ways to make your next trip more manageable.
We hope you enjoy, contribute and visit often to make this THE online resource for our community of safety-conscious [...]