• Don’t wrap your gifts until after you’ve arrived at your destination. TSA officers will open wrapped packages if X-ray machines show anything inside that looks suspicious.
• Never put valuables, such as jewelry, expensive cameras or laptops, in checked luggage. Instead, put them in a carry-on bag (and make sure the carry-on is within size limits).
• Bottles of liquids, gels and aerosols in carry-on bags must be 3.4 ounces or less. And all of your bottles must fit in a quart-size, zip-lock plastic bag.
• The busiest travel days according to the Air Transport Association are, in order: Monday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 30), Sunday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 29), Friday before Thanksgiving (Nov. 20) and Wednesday before Thanksgiving (Nov. 25). So plan ahead and allow extra time in the parking garage, at the ticket counter, security checkpoints and gates.
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