N1cky

Both me and my daughter had our boarding passes flagged with the dreaded randomly selected SSSS mark when we flew back into the US on Sunday. This was in the US Pre Clearance at Dublin. We had to go through extra checks where we had to turn all our devices on. This is the first time I've ever been asked, but obviously it can happen

tonrob

US-bound flights have had the checks stepped up recently. I went through the whole charade at Hong Kong a few weeks ago prior to boarding a Boston flight.

markonline1

I’d need stick something like that in the hood! I’ve also never bought an electronic item that didn’t have enough battery power to turn on when I bought it. However, if you go through security and it doesn’t turn on if asked, there are other checks they can make on the item to check it. I wouldn’t worry about it personally.

Guindalf

What the heck is an iWatch?

I have an Apple Watch. In fact, my Series 0 fell apart and I replaced it with a Series 3, so I'm really curious about this alternative device of which you speak!

AdobePinon

No, you’re not.

zzrmark

I'm always wary about putting anything fragile in checked baggage.
Not only because there are videos on the net where the loaders might just as well be aiming for that 60 yarder but mostly because I have quite often flown with cantilever toolboxes loaded with 50lb of tools and those things don't need to be chucked any distance to puncture the average suitcase, wouldn't much fancy my luggage ending up under something similar...

BenK91

Eh, same thing - I have the series 3 too, it's fantastic.

I flew from LAX back into Denver Sunday morning and once again was asked to turn it on although the battery was dead and the officer didn't actually seem to care that much!