# Flying with a laptop - what do I need to know?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-with-a-laptop-what-do-i-need-to-know/290267>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 15, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-with-a-laptop-what-do-i-need-to-know/290267 "2005-02-15T22:16:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![brix11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@brix11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brix11)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-with-a-laptop-what-do-i-need-to-know/290267/21 "2005-02-17T14:37:27Z")

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If you plan on watching movies or listening to music, do have a good pair of headphones. I just had a set of cheapies and could barely hear over the engine noise.

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**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-with-a-laptop-what-do-i-need-to-know/290267/22 "2005-02-17T16:07:21Z")

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> [@3.885AM](#):
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> Do not put it in your checked baggage, even if you don’t plan on using it in flight. It will be detected as the bag is X-Rayed, and your bag will be searched, the TSA is totally paranoid about laptops. The belt system and sorters tend to be a bit rough on them as well.

We had three laptops dissappear from checked luggage over the last couple of years, before we issued a corporate ban on checking laptops through.

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