Several years ago rental car companies dropped marking cars as rentals
Fla DMV issued tags that denoted rentals..after a couple took a wrong turn and was murdered in beautiful Overtown I believe the practice was ended.
Bring a bigger sticker that says “Miami” to go over it? Seriously, this is stupid, Delta.
I’m a Diamond too and I just flew yesterday. I read the sign at checkin as I was curious about procedures for checking weapons. It said that the weapon must be in its own hardshell case with a lock. How are you checking yours—what kind of case?
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/922
(e) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to deliver or cause to be delivered to any common or contract carrier for transportation or shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, to persons other than licensed importers, licensed manufacturers, licensed dealers, or licensed collectors, any package or other container in which there is any firearm or ammunition without written notice to the carrier that such firearm or ammunition is being transported or shipped; except that any passenger who owns or legally possesses a firearm or ammunition being transported aboard any common or contract carrier for movement with the passenger in interstate or foreign commerce may deliver said firearm or ammunition into the custody of the pilot, captain, conductor or operator of such common or contract carrier for the duration of the trip without violating any of the provisions of this chapter. No common or contract carrier shall require or cause any label, tag, or other written notice to be placed on the outside of any package, luggage, or other container that such package, luggage, or other container contains a firearm.
Why fly Delta? I say this as a Delta Diamond and United 1k - and this is the last year I’ll be with Delta because of how they are devaluing the program. I’ll hit United Global Services (one up from Diamond sort of Delta 360) this year by not flying Delta at all. They’ve made it basically worthless and into something like a grocery store affinity card.
Domestic upgrades, even as Diamond, are not so easy on certain routes. The bag weight limit is lower than competitors. International upgrade certificates are easier to use on competitors. Their load factor is very high so you’ll always have a seatmate when you’re not upgraded while on some of their competitors you still have a chance! The only thing they have going for them is their lounges, which are a superior product to their domestic competitors, and some of their international routes and partnerships.
The gun bit is terrible too. Basically air travel is a huge hassle with a massive security theater inside the United States coupled with miserable staff from check in to security to baggage.
Well that certainly makes it easier for the baggage handlers to have a field day stealing weapons.
Per #5, delta may have inadvertently offered you a very large check.
Let’s tag such bags and make it even easier for the perps to know which bag to target:
KING-5 Television:
Guns stolen from checked luggage
September 10, 2013
Two of (Army Ranger) Shannon’s weapons, a Glock 19 and a Rugger SR 22P, were stolen from his duffle bag that he checked before boarding his Delta Airlines flight. Shannon said he did everything by the book.
“I had my weapons in a lockbox, checked them, cleared through TSA, and then put my lock box back in my luggage. And when I got to my destination they were both gone,” explained Shannon.
Shannon was returning from a trip visiting family in Flint, Michigan and had a lay-over in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He said when he reported the problem to Delta staff, they were less than helpful.
He was asked to fill out an online claim form and leave. That’s not how things work in Ryan’s world.
“In the military, if a weapon is lost, you don’t go anywhere until you find it. So that was my instinct. I’m like, I can’t leave here until I have my weapon. And they’re just like you need to go,” said Shannon.
The bumper sticker size tag is “CAGPT” and the Delta counter staff said this is a new policy to put on all gun-containing checked bags. I’ve made several calls to Delta, filed written complaint. No joy as every says they have no idea what is going on and that I should call another office.
This is illegal under the Federal law.
Cases will not be labeled as containing firearms. That practice was outlawed almost 10 years ago. Federal law now states: “No common or contract carrier shall require or cause any label, tag, or other written notice to be placed on the outside of any package, luggage, or other container that such package, luggage, or other container contains a firearm.” [18 USC Sec. 922(e)] TSA will warn any airline that is marking cases that it is in violation of the law.
As always, since some airline counter clerks may have little training or experience in these procedures, gun owners should contact the airline in advance, obtain a written copy of the airline policy from a reservation clerk or the airline’s website, and bring it to the airport in order to answer any questions that arise at check-in. For further information, see: http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/editorial_1666.shtm
From the NRA ILA.
Temporary tag is also illegal
I have no problem with that since a tagged bag is more visible to baggage handlers and less likely to end up on the wrong flight........
“Several years ago rental car companies dropped marking cars as rentals to avoid renters being targeted in Florida and elsewhere. Surely they should recall this before continuing their ill-thought tagging of bags with guns.”
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I remember that.
It seems to me that this is a good way to mark luggage for the theft of the weapons inside them.
Because we all know that the TSA are honest folk. /s
(my apologies to those TSA workers who are actually honest. But I have had stuff stolen from me).
Have only traveled once with a handgun. IAH in Houston was pretty cool. Denver OTOH treated me like a criminal.
I flew Alaska earlier this month and there was no such policy.
Don’t fly Delta. Problem solved and you hit ‘em in their wallet in protest.
However, due to the fact that external tags resulted in rampant theft of checked firearms -- those tags were always placed INSIDE the locked luggage containing the weapons.
If some dumb@$$ at Delta has forgotten that hard-won lesson -- and now marks weapon cases externally, I hope the owner of all weapons stolen in transit sue them right into the poorhouse!
I no longer have to fly frequently (I'm retired) -- but, when I do fly, it da*ned sure WILL NOT be on Delta!!!