Limited Release Items
Let’s talk about fruit baskets and gowns, as mentioned in the last sentence of the previous article!
Those are not considered “Security Retrieved Items” for indeed, security will (should) have nothing to do with those. AND the people at that x-ray area should not in anyway interfere with you or your gown and/or fruit basket. Remember that. These and similar things have nothing to do with security.
Why, what can you do with the fruits to breach security? Ano, you will shout “this is a hijack pag hindi kayo sumunod sa akin, babatuhin ko kayo ng ponkan, mangga, mansanas, ubas at baryabas”! Ganun?! Do that and you might be surprised all passengers and crew will eagerly face you na naka-nganga waiting for the fruits hehe!
But (especially for the big fruit baskets) the airline will usually get them from you at the boarding gates. Those things will be retrieved from you and tagged to your destination like what is done with security retrieved items. They’ll put those in a safer place than your lap, don’t worry. The tags used for these items may look similar to those used for security retrieved items but they are distinctly different. What’s the diff?
The tags used for such delicate and improperly packed items are called limited release tags (LRT). You are asked to sign it. If you read the small print (everything is small anyway), it says you are releasing the airline from any liability of mishandling your items since they are not in a proper container that will make them safe and secure from the usual handling of grab, toss, push and pull at airports! Duuu! Don’t worry though, the mere presence of those tags is actually an indicator to airline staff too, that they should take extra care in handling them hehe! Its just ironic that you are being asked to sign something that is as if declaring they can kick or trample you’re your fruit basket hehehe!
You may even notice that these airlines sometimes use the LRT to tag your SRI - for indeed most of those are improperly packed. Some LRTs even have an item that says something like 'not allowed as cabin baggage' for the clerk to tick-off before you sign. Just the same, the tag is important to associate the item with you. And stop whining, if they used an LRT on your bag, unless they ran out of baggage tags, that means you did not pack well! Hint: the same tag could also be used if you pompously declared saying the contents of your item is worth millions - you may even be subjected to what they call "valuation charges" - but that's a different story we can discuss a bit more later!
Somewhere in the next few articles, we’ll return to your wedding gowns, barongs and americanas! Promise!
Those ‘limited release’ tags, btw, are also used over at the check-in counters for luggage that are improperly or inadequately packed like carton boxes that are wet or may easily break, torn or already damaged bags/suitcases and the likes. Okay?
“Ay hijo, they did that to Mama Mary! Imagine this girl wanted to tie a string around Mama Mary’s neck?! Que barbaridad!”…
Now what?! Hehe, let’s dedicate the next article to this Mama Mary thing!
Those are not considered “Security Retrieved Items” for indeed, security will (should) have nothing to do with those. AND the people at that x-ray area should not in anyway interfere with you or your gown and/or fruit basket. Remember that. These and similar things have nothing to do with security.
Why, what can you do with the fruits to breach security? Ano, you will shout “this is a hijack pag hindi kayo sumunod sa akin, babatuhin ko kayo ng ponkan, mangga, mansanas, ubas at baryabas”! Ganun?! Do that and you might be surprised all passengers and crew will eagerly face you na naka-nganga waiting for the fruits hehe!
But (especially for the big fruit baskets) the airline will usually get them from you at the boarding gates. Those things will be retrieved from you and tagged to your destination like what is done with security retrieved items. They’ll put those in a safer place than your lap, don’t worry. The tags used for these items may look similar to those used for security retrieved items but they are distinctly different. What’s the diff?
The tags used for such delicate and improperly packed items are called limited release tags (LRT). You are asked to sign it. If you read the small print (everything is small anyway), it says you are releasing the airline from any liability of mishandling your items since they are not in a proper container that will make them safe and secure from the usual handling of grab, toss, push and pull at airports! Duuu! Don’t worry though, the mere presence of those tags is actually an indicator to airline staff too, that they should take extra care in handling them hehe! Its just ironic that you are being asked to sign something that is as if declaring they can kick or trample you’re your fruit basket hehehe!You may even notice that these airlines sometimes use the LRT to tag your SRI - for indeed most of those are improperly packed. Some LRTs even have an item that says something like 'not allowed as cabin baggage' for the clerk to tick-off before you sign. Just the same, the tag is important to associate the item with you. And stop whining, if they used an LRT on your bag, unless they ran out of baggage tags, that means you did not pack well! Hint: the same tag could also be used if you pompously declared saying the contents of your item is worth millions - you may even be subjected to what they call "valuation charges" - but that's a different story we can discuss a bit more later!
Somewhere in the next few articles, we’ll return to your wedding gowns, barongs and americanas! Promise!
Those ‘limited release’ tags, btw, are also used over at the check-in counters for luggage that are improperly or inadequately packed like carton boxes that are wet or may easily break, torn or already damaged bags/suitcases and the likes. Okay?
“Ay hijo, they did that to Mama Mary! Imagine this girl wanted to tie a string around Mama Mary’s neck?! Que barbaridad!”…
Now what?! Hehe, let’s dedicate the next article to this Mama Mary thing!
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