How much cash can I bring to Australia
Mar 22nd 2009, 10:52 am
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Re: How much cash can I bring to Australia
I have met a couple of people who have put cash in their checked on bags, only to get their bags at the other end minus the cash. I also know lots of people who have had just certain things missing when they get their bags back. I don't know one person who has been robbed on the way to/from or while at the airport or in the plane.
I have flown enough times, long and short hall to know you can take care of your stuff it you are allert.
I have flown enough times, long and short hall to know you can take care of your stuff it you are allert.
Mar 22nd 2009, 5:27 pm
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Re: How much cash can I bring to Australia
I have met a couple of people who have put cash in their checked on bags, only to get their bags at the other end minus the cash. I also know lots of people who have had just certain things missing when they get their bags back. I don't know one person who has been robbed on the way to/from or while at the airport or in the plane.
I have flown enough times, long and short hall to know you can take care of your stuff it you are allert.
I have flown enough times, long and short hall to know you can take care of your stuff it you are allert.
My wife and I spent 18 months backpacking around the world and regularly kept money both in money belts (around the waste and around the neck) as well as in each of our backpacks (4 in total between the two of us). In all that time, with over a dozen flights and countless other forms of transportation, we never once had anything taken or lost any money (cash, TCs or credit cards).
I guess the moral of that story must be that if you attract bad luck, then by all means don't risk putting money in your luggage - just risk it all getting stolen in one go instead.
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Apr 22nd 2009, 2:36 pm
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Re: How much cash can I bring to Australia
When you're talking about your money belt possibly getting mixed up with the possessions of other people on the flight - then you're obviously
not understanding the point of a money belt. You don't take it off between the time you dress before the flight to the time you arrive at your destination! The whole point is that it's physically attached to your person, inside your clothes the whole time. You know a money belt is not the same as a bumbag, right? Money belts don't set off metal detectors/walk though gates; there's no reason to fiddle with them, give them to anyone, get them mixed up with anything. Attach it to yourself securely: don't just use the crappy velcro, use safety pins as well.It's theoretically possible that a ninja sneak up on you and reach into the inside of your trousers and remove a wad of cash from your groin - but how likely is this compared to baggage being lost (which happens all the time - especially on connecting flights which, by the way, all UK to Oz flights are, obviously)?
Apr 22nd 2009, 10:26 pm
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Re: How much cash can I bring to Australia
On the contrary, big boy: I've had to carry thousands of dollars/pounds on numerous occasions (working in developing country back when ATMs weren't universal, and then my own trips in ugly places). Not sure why you're being so snotty. It's always a pain and a worry.
When you're talking about your money belt possibly getting mixed up with the possessions of other people on the flight - then you're obviously not understanding the point of a money belt. You don't take it off between the time you dress before the flight to the time you arrive at your destination! The whole point is that it's physically attached to your person, inside your clothes the whole time. You know a money belt is not the same as a bumbag, right? Money belts don't set off metal detectors/walk though gates; there's no reason to fiddle with them, give them to anyone, get them mixed up with anything. Attach it to yourself securely: don't just use the crappy velcro, use safety pins as well.
It's theoretically possible that a ninja sneak up on you and reach into the inside of your trousers and remove a wad of cash from your groin - but how likely is this compared to baggage being lost (which happens all the time - especially on connecting flights which, by the way, all UK to Oz flights are, obviously)?
When you're talking about your money belt possibly getting mixed up with the possessions of other people on the flight - then you're obviously
not understanding the point of a money belt. You don't take it off between the time you dress before the flight to the time you arrive at your destination! The whole point is that it's physically attached to your person, inside your clothes the whole time. You know a money belt is not the same as a bumbag, right? Money belts don't set off metal detectors/walk though gates; there's no reason to fiddle with them, give them to anyone, get them mixed up with anything. Attach it to yourself securely: don't just use the crappy velcro, use safety pins as well.It's theoretically possible that a ninja sneak up on you and reach into the inside of your trousers and remove a wad of cash from your groin - but how likely is this compared to baggage being lost (which happens all the time - especially on connecting flights which, by the way, all UK to Oz flights are, obviously)?
