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help! question about old luggage

Mrs. Christie H~, on July 30, 2012 at 10:22 PM Posted in Honeymoon 0 11

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I have old tweed Hartmann luggage with combination locks. Will I be able to travel with them or will TSA break the locks open? We just bought this luggage from a flea market (3 pieces worth about $600-- for $30!) and I don't want it ruined.

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Latest activity by Nicola, on September 6, 2014 at 4:28 PM

Master October 2013
HalloweenBride · on July 30, 2012 at 10:23 PM
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You are not allowed to have locked luggage, so I would assume they will want to go through them, I would call the airline and see.
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Mrs. Lemmon (Amy H.) · on July 30, 2012 at 10:32 PM
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You can have locked luggage it has to be tsa approved and combination locks are not approved since they won't have a master type key for it
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Courtney · on July 30, 2012 at 11:06 PM
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Can you use different locks on it? I know that Bed Bath and Beyond sells TSA approved locks. If you could switch them out then that would be fine.
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Mrs. Christie H~ · on July 30, 2012 at 11:42 PM
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They are set into the luggage
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Mrs. Christie H~ · on July 30, 2012 at 11:46 PM
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These are the pieces we have---
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Now mrs. K · on July 30, 2012 at 11:58 PM
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Check with the airline. Could you wait to lock it until after the inspection? If they check your luggage and then you lock it in front of them, would it be okay? I don't fly a lot so I really don't know.
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VIP August 2012
Irchykk · on July 31, 2012 at 12:05 AM
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You definitely need a TSA approved lock & even then I have seen them break the lock couple of times ...
If you lock it with the combination lock, then they will definitely damage it
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Just Said Yes September 2014
Nicola · on September 1, 2014 at 12:54 PM
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Hi Christie, may I ask what you ended up deciding? I have the same luggage set and the same problem. Thanks!
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Mrs. Christie H~ · on September 1, 2014 at 1:37 PM
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We decided to take different luggage. After talking to the airport TSA employees, they would have broken into our luggage and we didn't want to deal with that on the way to our honeymoon.
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Just Said Yes September 2014
Nicola · on September 6, 2014 at 4:28 PM
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Bummer! Thank you for replying!
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